At The Voice, we are avid proponents of using Web 2.0 to foster an online Harvard community. So, we were naturally thrilled when we found out that Harvard has partnered up with Foursquare, the popular video-game-meets-smartphone application. The application allows friends to visit places while sharing information about their favorites, all the while unlocking “badges” and earning points along the way. According to the Gazette, Harvard is the first university to team up with Foursquare. Currently, the Foursquare application is only available to iPhone and Android users, but a Blackberry application is being released soon.

Photo from the Harvard Gazette

Instant gratification.

Quadlings who meander around Boylston Gate at midnight waiting for the shuttle will have no sympathy, but for the rest of Harvard, waiting for public transportation is a giant pain in the ass. Now there’s an iPhone app to take care of our impatience.

Cambridge’s own Sparkfish Creative recently made MassTransit, the iPhone version of the MBTA schedule, available for download. T, bus, ferry–all major Boston mass transportation systems are now just a tap away. The best part? No internet required, as the schedule itself is stored on the phone’s memory and only uses Wifi or 3G for updates.

Can someone say sweet?