Google Hotpot together finally (and completely) to the sites

by Matthew Rogers on 8 April 2010 at 07 : 07 PM it's taken months of confused looks, but Google has finally seen the light. Hotpot, who has been a widely despised moniker for a service that just about everyone called locations, is now simply on lumped in with places.

The actual differences between Hotpot and places were almost non-existent, particularly as regards the mobile aspect (which was even worse, because finding and rating restaurants and other venues typically done with a smartphone, not a desktop computer). When it came to it, Hotpot was basically just the rating/review system places – so even if it probably began as a separate project, it was meant to be gobbled up by the larger app from the get go.

So, now that the gruesome named over done with, places can go to gain popularity with his elder siblings, Latitude--and we can definitely expect both to get a big boost now to check-in offers have been brought into the mix. Tags: mobile phones, google, hyperlocal, local, mobile, score, restaurants, stadiums, social

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