Crowd Companies has just launched as a brand council for the collaborative economy. The new effort from Jeremiah Owyang takes the Sharing Economy, Maker Movement, crowdfunding, 3D printing and alternative currency and wraps them in a single metaphor: the Collaborative Economy Movement.
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Location-based services are coming of age (and it’s way more than Foursquare)
Now that the table has been set, what’s next for geolocation? Is it all about Foursquare, Yelp, yawn and go home? I don’t think so. Instead, we’re seeing geolocation begin to splinter into niches and verticals.