Monthly Archives: December 2009

Dec
28

Google Ventures Leads $4MM Round for SCVNGR!

Hello Blog Readers! Some very exciting news! Google has invested $4MM into SCVNGR to help us grow the company bigger, better and faster! They were joined in the round by Highland Capital (who led our Series A investment). We’re very excited to be working with Google and Highland as SCVNGR enters this next phase in [...]

Monday, December 28th by admin
Dec
20

SCVNGR on GPS Business News!

Great article about SCVNGR on GPS Business News! Check it out here. Also, apparently we’re big in Russia! Click the link, but be careful, on the Russian web, article reads you!!!

Sunday, December 20th by admin
Dec
18

SCVNGR and "Crazy Johny" on the Radio!

This morning, our new Regional Promotions rockstar John Jakutis (A.K.A. “JJ”, “JJKOOLKID” “Mad Dogg”, “Crazy Johny”) was on the radio, talking about SCVNGR! Boston-based Alt-Rock station 101.7 WFNX has a popular morning show called “The Sandbox”, on which the 4 hosts joke about current events, run contests and take calls from listeners. During todays “Mega [...]

Friday, December 18th by admin
Dec
15

Featured Scvngr: Texas Maritime Museum

Greetings, We’re starting a new feature where we’ll be highlighting innovative uses of SCVNGR in the field! This week’s post comes from Texas! Read on below: Students visiting the Texas Maritime Museum last week took learning into their own hands in a unique educational experience with a digital twist.  Jennifer Rogers, the museum’s educator, designed a hunt [...]

Tuesday, December 15th by admin
Dec
14

New iPhone App – Get it while it's hot!

We just got word that our most recent update to the SCVNGR iPhone App has been approved! It’s got some great new features so why not give it a download? It’s got some great new features including: custom commands real-time maps with satellite imagery provided courtesy of Google Maps disable spin feature from settings screen [...]

Monday, December 14th by admin