No Facebook Account Required: Facebook Messenger For Android Lets You Sign Up With Just A Phone Number Today Facebook announced its first-ever product open to people without a Facebook account. Starting now, the Messenger for Android app, and later its iOS counterpart, will allow signups from non-Facebook users with just a name and phone number. Facebook seems to have realized the limited reach of

Startups Esri Acquires Location Platform Geoloqi, Plans To Launch Alternative iOS Mapping Library Soon Geoloqi, the Portland, Ore.-based location-based platform that helps developers add location-based features to their apps, today announced that it has been acquired by Esri, a long-established GIS company that provides online mapping solutions for developers and geographic intelligence for busine

Here’s What Goes Into Making Google Maps, Will Apple Be Able To Recalculate? Everywhere you turned last week, there was another story about iOS 6 Maps. Some feel like it’s a great new direction for Apple, but people like me feel like we’re left with an ugly experience that shouldn’t have been introduced to the public in its current state. Yes, Google Maps was removed from iOS 6, but we’ve known th