Detour - GPS Audio Tour Guide

Almost two years ago, Andrew Mason introduced Detour, an aptly named departure from his previous job as the co-founder and CEO of Groupon. Today the app, which is available on iOS, offers richly produced, location-aware narrative tours of 10 global cities. To date, all of the tours have been outdoor experiences. But now Detour is dipping indoors: the company announced today that its technology can now be used to build tours of interior spaces, beginning with the newly renovated San Francisco Museum of...

This summer we told you about Detour, the new company from Groupon founder Andrew Mason dedicated to creating high-quality audio tours. After several months in private beta, Detour is now open to the public: you can download the iPhone app today. (An Android app is forthcoming.) Open it and you'll find seven tours of San Francisco, each focused on a different neighborhood or topic, narrated by different experts in the topic. In our tests, we found the app to be a fascinating guide to the city, with...