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0 Groupon goes shopping again, buying and retiring Whrrl creator Pelago

Group shopping site Groupon is continuing its buying spree, today acquiring the parent company of check-in service Whrrl, dubbed Pelago, which the...

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0 Google Latitude gives 10 million users check in power

Google may have just made its big move on the location-based services space. According to the company’s mobile blog, it has launched Google Maps 5.1...

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0 Pelago Gets To An IPO, Via Groupon

What do former stockholders and employees of Pelago, the former developer of the mobile social networking application Whrrl, have to cheer about this...

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0 The State Of iFund: 3 Years, 25 Companies, 2 Exits, Over 300 Million Downloads This Year

Today at their offices in Menlo Park, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is celebrating the third anniversary of the iFund....

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0 LocalResponse finds customers, check-in or no

Social advertising network scans for explicit and implicit check-ins across the social Web

Only 39 percent of smartphone users in the U.S. actually...

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0 Bizzy's Got A Recommendation for Whrrl Users

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bizzy (http://www.bizzy.com), a personalized local business recommendation engine powered by people...

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0 No Coupons Here, Just Cash: Groupon Files For Another $6 Million

Groupon has a fever, and the only prescription is more funding. According to this SEC form, the daily deal giant has received yet another infusion of...

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0 Groupon Could Take Out Foursquare with Pelago Acquisition

All Things Digital reports that Groupon has acquired Pelago, the company behind location-based check-in service Whrrl, for an undisclosed amount....

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0 Gowalla Competitor Whrrl Acquired By Groupon

Whrrl, a competitor to Austin mobile check-in and social networking service Gowalla will shut down, after it was acquired by daily deals site Groupon...

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0 Whrrl Creator Pelago Acquired By Groupon

Seattle-based Pelago, the firm behind mobile social networking software service Whrrl, has been acquired by Groupon. Pelago announced the acquisition...

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0 Groupon Acquires Whrrl Creator Pelago

Daily deals site Groupon has acquired Whrrl creator Pelago this morning. The iFund-back Whrrl is a LBS services app that allows people to check into...

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0 Whrrl Enhances Recommendations

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0 The Fabulous Prizes of SXSW: Free Phones, Plane Tickets, Vacations & Cars

How do you get noticed at the jam-packed tech extravaganza that is this week's South by Southwest Interactive event in Austin, Texas? How about...

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0 Whrrl Dangles Prizes at SXSW

Mobile social networking service Whrrl, which is operated by Seattle-based Pelago, said Tuesday that it has over $125,000 in prizes it is giving away...

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0 Whrrl Partners With FunnyorDie.com

Seattle-based Pelago, maker of the Whrrl mobile social networking and checkin software, said yesterday that it has inked a partnership with...

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0 Pelago's Whrrl Signs Kibbles 'n Bits

Seattle-based Pelago, the maker of the Whrrl mobile social networking and checkin software, has signed on the Kibbles 'n Bits dog food brand. The...

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0 Whrrl Cracks Down On Cheaters

Seattle-based Pelago, the firm that runs the Whrrl mobile check-in and networking service, disclosed Monday afternoon that it has discovered that...

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0 Whrrl Signs UPS Store

Seattle-based Pelago, the makers of the Whrrl mobile social networking and check-in software, said this week that it has partnered with The UPS...

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0 Whrrl Alpha Tests Blackberry App

Seattle-based Pelago, the maker of the Whrrl mobile social networking service, said last night that it has cooked up a new, Blackberry version of its...

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0 Whrrl Launches New Year's Contest

Seattle-based Pelago, the operator of the Whrrl mobile social networking service, said this week that it has launched a new contest to help its users...

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