BrightKite Hits the BIG 2.0
written: October 6, 2009Today, BrightKite has reached 2 point oh! I have always found BrightKite to be a very interesting website to the geographer at heart. They were one of the first in the field of geolocating yourself, and I have to say that the upgrades in this newest version sound top-notch. The improvements are:
- Live stream updates
- Updated Public API
- Ability to rate posts (thumbs up/thumbs down)
- Favorite Places (used to be Placemarks)
- New user and place statistics
- Updated mobile site: m.brightkite.com
- Persistent location bar
- Improved posting flow
- New UI design
- Improved scalability
- Various SMS improvements
- AJAX improvements
- Bunches and bunches other fixes
There are a lot of great improvements with the upgrade, but unfortunately we are not able to experience them ourselves due to BrightKite being down. So for now, go to their blog to get the most up to date information on the changes.
I know there are a lot of newcomers to the field of location-aware apps, but I have to highly recommend BrightKite for giving the users something unique. Hopefully 2.0 continues the trend and they will not be washed under the rug of the new up-and-coming location-aware webapp.
