Mobile location game Foursquare seems to be stepping into the spotlight after inking deals with Bravo TV and now restaurant rating experts Zagat. And soon, when you check in at certain Zagat-rated restaurants in major cities, you can get your Foodie badge on Foursquare.

Maybe Google was taking advantage of the down economy to get a good deal on its SuperBowl ad titled, “Parisian Love.” Apparently it’s nothing new though, as the video was part of a collection of seven Search Stories that have been on YouTube for months.

Facebook’s weak messaging interface has been the bane of many users and has kept people from going all Facebook for their online interactions. Now Facebook is catching up to MySpace by prepping a full webmail interface for users.

The combination of the second and third ranked job boards in the United States comes at a time when many are out of work and looking for a new job. Plus the new tie-up could have a shot at beating number one ranked CareerBuilder.

If you use the same password on multiple accounts on the Web, the Twitter attack should serve as a wake-up call on why you should have different passwords for each account. Users created accounts on a file-sharing site which used the same password to access their account on Twitter.

Just like in the real world, socializing on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter boosts your chances of getting a bug on your computer and some say that this problem is only going to get worse.

One Microsoft director is laughing at the newly announced Apple iPad for being more of a closed ecosystem than Windows products, but that’s not the only way that Redmond is beating its competition to the punch in touch computing.

Apparently no one told McGraw-Hill CEO Terry McGraw just how much Steve Jobs hates leaks. In response, McGraw was absent during the iPad’s presentation and Jobs could be considering wings for leak-protection in the next version.

With rumors that the fourth iPhone and Apple tablet ringing through the news, it’s hard to imagine the iPhone and Blackberry brands getting beat by Android in the next few years. However, analysts at IDC believe that Android might do just that.

Microsoft and some developers that sell their applications through the Windows Marketplace for Mobile are trading blame about back payment and eligibility. Apparently Apple isn’t the only company that’s having a hard time managing the onslaught of mobile app developers.

The most popular puzzle video game is making a comeback just in time for its 25th anniversary with mobile versions flying off the virtual store shelves, but is 1984 the future of mobile gaming?

Both Google and Apple have planted their stake in the ground of mobile advertising by acquiring mobile ad networks. Not to be outdone, Opera Software is expanding into mobile ads from browsers with the purchase of AdMarvel.

Apple accounted for 99.4 percent of all mobile apps sold last year. While most apps continue to cost just a few dollars, the market for mobile apps is already worth billions and growing.

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak has a stack of mobile devices including two iPhones and a Verizon Droid. However his favorite phone at the moment is none other than Google’s Nexus One.

A recently-patched vulnerability in Adobe’s PDF technology was used in the attacks announced by both companies yesterday. Adobe also confirmed that the timing of the attacks was more than coincidental.

After years of kowtowing to the Chinese government on censorship issues, a cyber attack has caused Google to take a very different approach to doing business in the country and one that could result in the company withdrawing from China altogether.

No, Apple isn’t caving to pressure and letting developers create plugins for the iPhone’s mobile browser. However Adobe is putting together tools to help developers work around this limitation.