{"id":786,"date":"2008-08-25T13:55:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T17:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/?p=786"},"modified":"2008-10-06T08:51:17","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T12:51:17","slug":"urbanspoon-on-the-iphone-heatmap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/25\/urbanspoon-on-the-iphone-heatmap\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbanspoon on the iPhone Heatmap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urbanspoon&#8217;s iPhone application is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aimclearblog.com\/2008\/08\/23\/iphone-3g-apps-radical-localmobile-search-shift\/\">fun, engaging app<\/a> that uses the features of the iPhone and location awareness to create a unique local discovery experience.<\/p>\n<p>They are now showing a heatmap (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/highearthorbit.com\/visualizing-restaurant-searching\/\">High Earth Orbit<\/a>) showing where the shakes have been taking place for the last 24 hours:<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/urbanspoon.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blumenthals.com\/\/blogimages\/urbanspoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"urbanspoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-787\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Urbanspoon:<br \/>\n6,000,000 shakes<br \/>\n300,000 iPhones have downloaded the application<br \/>\n1,000 shakes a minute at peak<br \/>\n20 shakes per iPhone<br \/>\n10 days so far  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urbanspoon&#8217;s iPhone application is a fun, engaging app that uses the features of the iPhone and location awareness to create a unique local discovery experience. 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