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apps that show replays, updated stats and feeds from other games, traffic reports, which concessions have the shortest lines

facebook places may eat up foursquare

weekly 9.2

The wireless carrier business model is based on expensive cellular data. If Wifi reaches near ubiquity why won't we all just switch to cheaper Wifi options? BTW 62% of all video on smartphones is done on Wifi today.

I'm not sure about cheaper, as opposed to reasoning of use. WiFi is incredibly ubiquitous in Europe, I would say in part because of the proximity of so many different countries. Imagine if your phone got exponentially more expensive to use between Georgia and Alabama (or if it just stopped working all together). I don't know how well this will play in the US beyond a physical space like the Stadium that's mentioned.

Foursquare will be doling out team-themed Super Bowl badges to Steelers and Packers fans who check in to the promoted venue and include the name of a team in their shouts. Foursquare users at the game can unlock a special Super Bowl XLV badge if they check in to the stadium. More importantly, every unlocked badge comes with a unique redemption code that badge holders can use for a 20% discount on select merchandise at NFLShop.com.

INSIDE OUT is a large-scale participatory art project that transforms messages of personal identity into pieces of artistic work. Everyone is challenged to use black and white photographic portraits to discover, reveal and share the untold stories and images of people around the world. These digitally uploaded images will be made into posters and sent back to the project's co-creators for them to exhibit in their own communities. People can participate as an individual or in a group; posters can be placed anywhere, from a solitary image in an office window to a wall of portraits on an abandoned building or a full stadium. These exhibitions will be documented, archived and viewable virtually.