Safeway and PepsiCo are teaming up with Foursquare to reinvent the way grocery store shoppers think about location-based rewards and checkins. As part of the deal, Safeway has integrated Foursquare into its VonsClub loyalty program for a three-month pilot program that kicks off today. The crux of the ...

We’ve been bombarded with a fair number of pitches for holiday-themed iPhone and iPad applications as of late (some of which we’ve profiled in a recent roundup of recipe apps for the iPad), but there’s one in particular we’d like to draw your attention to: Food & Wine’s holiday issue for ...

The all-or-nothing funding site Kickstarter has another big hit on its hands — and an iPod nano watch on its wrist. In just 72 hours, nearly $200,000 have been pledged to support a set of kits that turn the latest iPod nano into a multitouch time piece. The project, which promotes two different kits ...

Facebook’s putting up some big numbers in terms of U.S. web traffic. Right now, the site accounts for one out of every four pageviews in the United States — that’s 10% of all Internet visits. According to data from analysis and intelligence firm Hitwise, Facebook’s year-over-year growth has been ...