Archives for December 12, 2010

Via way of GigaOm and thanks to @jeffharrison I found out that Brightkite is getting out of the social location check-in space… an interesting move, although not entirely a huge surprise, as the company seems to be planning to focus more on their group text functionality, which is apparently the fastest growing component of their services.  This from GigaOM… “Now, group texting will move from an add-on service to become the main engine driving Brightkite, which has about a million users currently. The company said it hopes to become the default text messaging app for smartphone users, offering free messaging along with features like groups, photos and integrated location-sharing.” IS seems also that Brightkite is bolstering their Android offerings as seen in this blub from their blog... We are about to roll out our new Brightkite Android application that includes some exciting new features, notably the ability for Brightkite to be your default text messaging app – handling ALL your messaging from one app, saving you money with free texting while giving you many more capabilities than regular texting: [Read more…] about Brightkite Says goodbye to Social check-ins, posts and streams