Google Latitude, which lets you track your friends via GPS, now allows you to check in at specific place, taking a competitive jab at similar services likeFoursquareandGowalla. Check-ins arrived for Google Latitude on Androidearlierand announced a slew of merchant deals for SXSW. Today, Googleannouncedthat check-ins have finally been added to its Google Latitude iPhone app. If you’ve set Google Latitude to continuously update your location, the app will automatically check you out when you leave a spot....

Smartphones do a wonderful job on boosting work productivity; however they may be disrupting people’s work and life balance. A recent study shows that over 35 per cent of people who own a smartphone check their work emails in their free time and end up annoying their other halves. The study, conducted by YouGov on behalf of customer service provider Firstsource Solutions polled more than 2,000 British adults, and it reveals that one in every four smartphone owners aged 25 to 44 use their device to access emails once they have finished work....

Sometimes you don’t need an entire website, you just need something that looks great and is easily shareable. While many of us have turned to single-page sites such asAbout.meand the like, that doesn’t answer the problem of needing to share a specific bit of information in an easily-digestible, beautiful manner. This is where Fred and his idea forcheckthiscame into play. More on that in a moment, but first, check the video preview:...

I just heard two old English ladies talking about tweeting in a Shoreditch coffee shop. Earlier this morning, I ran into a venture capitalist from New York City on the street corner of Chance and Boundary. And last night, I witnessed an Android app developer hitting on a posh British chick. I believe the apt term is “punching above his weight.” “I’ve been here 6 years and the tech scene has never been as vibrant as it is now....

Think there’s no money in browsing the Internet? Apparently for Ben Huh’sCheezburger Network, there’s enough cash for a “low seven figure” buyout ofKnow Your Meme. Know Your Meme has seen steady traffic over the past year, but heavy pageviews fit right into Huh’s portfolio. Huh’s primary site, the funny-cat-heavyI Can Has Cheezburger, has been sitting well over 200 million monthly views sincelate 2009(given the unreliability of outside sources such as Compete, there’s not a good indicator of present traffic)....