MapQuest Vibe Optimistic About Local Search Market; Will Integrate with Foursquare

AOL-owned MapQuest beta launched MapQuest Vibe today to help people discover local hotspots by providing real-time rankings of neighborhoods and places.

Users can vote a place up or down based on criteria like popularity and walkability to create an overall Vibe Score (sign in via Facebook to vote). Rankings are based on MapQuest's VibeRank algorithm, which uses MapQuest searches and cartographic data, like points of interest, to profile 50K+ neighborhoods, 27K+ cities and 50K+ hotspots in the U.S.

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Stepping Back From The Angel Bubble

[ Photo courtesy of Fir0002/Flagstaffotos via Creative Commons License ]By Jason Calacanis

Everyone is talking about the startup bubble popping today thanks to a Wall Street Journal story that Fred Wilson responded to. You can read about all this on the awesome Techmeme aggregator here: http://www.techmeme.com/111013/p15#a111013p15.  

No one can call a top to the market, but VC Mark Suster did last year, and I was right there with them letting folks know that I'm taking a "pause" on angel investing right now.

Why am I taking a pause and what do I think of this market?

A couple of reasons, and some related observation

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Instagram Roadmap: Android Support Within a Year, Then Video and iPad App

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom plans to add Android support for their popular photo-sharing app within a year and will expand into the video market, as he revealed on "This Week In Startups" Tuesday.

Host Jason Calacanis pushed Systrom for a specific date for the Android app, but Systrom would only say it would be out within 12 months. Instagram is looking for Android developers [ top-notch developers can email Kevin at Instagram dot com with their resume ].

"Android is on the top three list of things to do in the coming, you know, year," Systrom said. "I won't say when it will launch but at some point we will have an Android app and that is definitely underway."

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Top Hires of the Day: Palmer to Wikia, Weissman to Benchmark Capital, Grosse to TaskRabbit

Craig Palmer, former president and CEO of Gracenote, joined Wikia as CEO. Jennifer Betka, former strategic marketing consultant for media companies, joined Wikia as Senior VP of Marketing.

Craig Palmer, CEO
Twitter: @craiglpalmer   
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/craig-palmer/32/9a1/725

Jennifer Betka, SVP of Marketing
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferbetka

Wikia
Twitter: @wikia  
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wikia
Blog:  http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Blog:Wikia_Staff_Blog
Website: http://www.wikia.com/Wikia

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Craig Weissman, former Salesforce CTO, joined Benchmark Capital as...

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Fix Your Broken iOS 5 for iPhone and iPad

Disclaimer: This workaround for installing the iOS 5 update comes courtesy of Steven Correa, Mahalo systems administrator. We make no guarantee that the following steps will work in every case and we are not responsible for any further errors you may encounter as a result of this tutorial. This guide is for informational purposes only. It worked for us in the office, but make sure you backup your data before attempting this tutorial. 

Apple owners worldwide have shared a common experience today, broken iPhones and iPads. But this workaround, explained for Mac, will allow you to locally install and update your iPhone or iPad after you have downloaded the iOS 5 update and are unable to install it while connected to iTunes.

You will need to enter Device Firmware Update (DFU) mode -- entering DFU mode will erase all of your data, so backup your data before...

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