Last week at BlackBerry World 2012, Foursquare launched NFC checkins for their city discovery app. This will allow checkins via Foursquare-configured NFC tags as well as share venue and tip data simply by tapping devices together. Here’s a video demo of how it all works.
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Foursquare has just launched a major update to their social checkin app. The new features include better GPS functionality, improved push notifications and NFC support.
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Bipper has just launched their free personal safety app bSafe on BlackBerry. Already available for iOS and Android, bSafe broadcasts text-based SOS messages to your pre-selected contacts along with your GPS location with the press of a single button.
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Augmented Reality browser Wikitude has been updated to version 6.0.13 on BlackBerry App World. Augmented Reality takes advantage of the GPS, magnetometer and camera found in BlackBerry 7 devices to show all sorts of content displayed through your phone’s screen on specific locations.
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