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Foursquare In The News
Here are some articles in the news covering foursquare.com:
June 2010
Nearly Two Billion Tweets a Month; Giddy Foursquare Mayors Suspected - from Digital Daily - June 2010
Which App Does Checkins Best? [STUDY] - from Mashable - June 2010
Six Flags Partners With Foursquare and Launches New Fan Badge - from Yahoo! News - June 2010
Foursquare Now Experimenting with Badge Rewards - from Mashable ...
Newspapers Look to foursquare
Publishers befriend foursquare
Earlier this year, Canadian daily paper the Metro announced it was teaming up with foursquare to offer a special Metro Badge (and give away five iPhone. And the Financial Times announced it would be offering points to students who checked in at certain venues which could be used toward unlocking articles behind the site's paywall. Both of these were wins for foursqu...
History Broadcasts Location — on foursquare
History Checks In with foursquare
While we haven’t come across any official statements from the History Channel encouraging couch potatoes to turn off the TV and leave the house, we were pleased to notice the Channel has decided to pair-up with foursquare to enourage people to find out more about history in their communities.
The History Channel has announced the launch of their “America t...
Teen Unlocks foursquare’s “Last Degree” Badge
Doesn't Santa Have foursquare?
We're not sure how buddy-buddy fifteen-year-old Parker Liautaud and Santa Claus are, but we're fairly sure Ol' Saint Nick is gonna be ticked when he finds out a trespasser was the first to unlock the "Last Degree" badge on foursquare.
While most students long to spend their Spring Break vacation on the beach, Liautaud, a California native, decided he'd make t...
Google Maps Get Yelp; foursquare Goes to Bing
Bing Maps to Incorporate foursquare Data
Microsoft has announced that it will soon feature foursquare tips to help Bing-ers make (informed?) decisions while searching for venues using its Bing Maps service.
The idea is to have Microsoft's Silverlight application pull in real-time check-in information to show users where the 'hotspots' in given areas are. Also incorporated will be a ranking...
Is Pre-Boarding Cheating?
Early Check-In on foursquare
In scoping the corners of the Interweb for articles on creative uses for foursquare, we came across this amusing article on thinking outside of the box (or, shall we say, "square") by Cheeky Geek blogger, Mark Drapeau.
You can use Web 2.0 tools any way you want – not just the way the majority of bloggers say you should...So, in that vein, I've been using FourSqua...
foursquare’s Hottest Geolocation: SXSW
SXSW Checks Out the 'Check-In'
Since I left Austin, TX 5 years ago, I've always said that, when I grow up, I'd love to take a vacation and enjoy the city's South-by-Southwest Festival. At the time, it was my love for indie music and film, but in most recent years, SXSW has given cause for techno-geeks (like me) to drool, as well.
As Kai Ryssdahl of Market Place reported in his interview with...
Venture Capital Firms Want in On Some foursquare
VC Firms Ready to Play Ball with foursquare
A number of top-tier VC firms are competing to be the major player in foursquare.com’s next round of venture funding…and, apparently, all the interest is causing the company’s valuation to skyrocket.
Since TechCrunch reported a few weeks back that the round could be around $50 million, interest in foursquare has increased–a report last week e...
foursquare’s Blacktop Goes Dark
foursquare Lets Domain Expire--whoops!
As a webmaster, it's something we all dread--finding out after-the-fact that the domain we're responsible for has unintentionally expired. (THINK: Waking up to discover that the plane for the much-needed vacation that you've had planned for months left 2-hours ago. "D'oh!")
While we were unable to contact an ear-witness, we have no doubt someone over ...
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The Unofficial Guide to foursquare.com
Maybe it’s just us, but it seems like foursquare.com is all over the news!