Software

Bump 2.4 Shares Your App Recommendations With Fellow iPhone Users

iOS only: Bump already shares photos, contacts, calendar items and even music. Now you can “Bump” iPhones with other users to send them a list of apps you recommend. It’s a geeky ice-breaker, perhaps, or low-key tech support tool.


December 2, 2010
Entertainment

How A Betrayed Boyfriend Took Revenge On His Cheating Girlfriend

Some boyfriends sew sardines into curtain hems. Others break into their ex-girlfriends’ Facebook accounts. Contra3 simply rated movies in her Netflix account, until her recommendations started hitting a little too close to home. Click to enlarge. [Reddit]


November 17, 2010
Online

Video: Tour Hotpot, Google’s New Recommendation Engine

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Google just launched Hotpot, a new service baked into Google Places that lets you rate restaurants, see which ones your friends are liking, and get recommendations of new places to check out. Let’s take a look.


November 16, 2010
Online

Google Maps For Android Now Has Hotpot Local Recommendations

Hotpot, Google’s local social recommendation service, has been integrated into Google Maps 4.7 for Android, so you can read and write reviews of restaurants and pubs, plus rate places for personalised future recommendations based on your tastes.