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Geo-location service Foursquare has announced that the company is partnering with RunKeeper to distribute fitness badges. RunKeeper is an application that helps people track fitness routines. If you earn fitness milestones on RunKeeper, then you will earn badges on Foursquare without having to check-in anywhere.

You can unlock a Marathon badge by using RunKeeper to track long distance running in a park or a gym. The RunKeeper and Foursquare integration works on the free and the paid RunKeeper iPhone and Android application.

Foursquare pointed out that they are going to developer similar partnerships to unlock badges through real-world experiences with “carefully selected partners.”

[TechCrunch]

written by Script Alert

The Samsung Wave runs on the Bada operating system and it has hit 1 million sales. During the one-year anniversary, Samsung Electronics announced that the number of Samsung Apps downloads for the Bada operating system surpassed the 10 million mark.

Samsung Apps launched in September 2009 across Europe and Asia. The phone sells in 34 countries in Europe and across 109 markets. “Bada” means “ocean” in Korean. The top three application downloads for the Bada operating system includes the games Need for Speed Shift, My Mirror, and Magic Torch. Magic Torch turns the phone into a flashlight and My Mirror turns the phone into a virtual mirror so you can see your reflection.

The Wave launched last February and features a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen. The Wave also has a 1GHz processor, 5 magepixel camera, camera with LED flash, WiFi, and Bluetooth.

[InformationWeek]

written by BroKen

iSites is a service that allows web publishing companies to quickly build iPhone and Android applications. iSites raised $1 million in funding led by Inventus Capital Partners, Quest Venture Partners, Dougery Ventures, Manish Chandra, and several other angel investors.

iSites launched in January and helps publishers create simple mobile applications, which includes creating logos, graphics, and RSS feeds. iSites even handles the submission process and integrates an optional analytics service. The applications work on the Android Market and the Apple App Store.

iSites has a new product called Instant App, which allows publishers to create mobile applications using HTML5 and Webtoolkit. iSites was co-founded by Raju Sagiraju. The mobile web service costs $10 per month (or discounted at $100 per year). The native app creation costs $50 for the iPhone or Android.

[TechCrunch]

written by MinhA18Mumford

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs is now in 42nd place in the richest Americans list. His net worth is $6.1 billion. Jobs gained an additional $1 billion in net worth over calculations from last year. This year is Jobs’ highest net worth to date.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates remains at #1 17 years in a row. His net worth is $54 billion. This is up $4 billion from last year, but at his highest it was $59 billion in 2007. Gates put in about $28 billion in charity.

[MacRumors]

written by guangcheng

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed on Oprah this past week to discuss the Startup:Education foundation. Zuckerberg is donating $100 million to the public school system in Newark, New Jersey. “Education has always been important to me and my family,” stated Zuckerberg. “Newark has unfortunately become a symbol of public education’s failure—of a status quo that accepts schools that don’t succeed.” Below is an interview he did with Oprah about the donation.

Mark Zuckerberg on Oprah from Cindy W on Vimeo.

[TheNextWeb]

written by Script Alert