Jul 25

Foursquare hits Nokia’s GPS-less Asha 501, gets bearings with connection data

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Foursquare hits Nokia's Asha 501, doesn't need no stinking GPS to figure out where you are

Nokia Lumia WP8 owners have it pretty good on Foursquare thanks to AR and other exclusive features — but that doesn’t mean lower-end device owners are being shirked. The app is now available on the Asha 501, something Nokia and Foursquare promised when it hit the S40 feature phone and its huge user base. Despite the Asha’s lack of a GPS, owners of the sub-$100 device will get all of Foursquare’s main features — like check-ins, mayorships and badges — since the app can use a network connection to figure out where you are. It’ll likely arrive on other Asha devices soon as well, so if you’re looking to rule your local haunt as mayor, better grab it fast.

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Oct 31

These Jeans Are 20% Plastic Bottles and Food Trays

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Recycling is great, but there’s a point where it stops being beneficial to the environement and starts being a marketing term. Levi’s new jeans, from the Waste Less line, fall firmly into the latter category: supposedly they’re made out of 20% recycled plastic (from bottles and food trays), and we don’t know exact pricing yet, but they’re definitely going to cost more than you’d expect from a pair of jeans (and more than the 100% cotton versions). Levi’s claims that each pair of Waste Less jeans has three and a half recycled twenty ounce bottles in them, which sounds like a lot, but isn’t when you consider how little material is in a plastic bottle. The jeans will come in the 511 skinny style, the 504 relaxed straight fit, and as a jean jacket. At least they spared the classic 501.  (more…)

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