In a rare move for a social media site, Foursquare has partnered with United Talent Agency to promote its presence in …
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Why Combining Social Media Sites Can Be Hazardous to Your Privacy
It’s hard not to feel gross after reading Cult of Mac’s description of Girls Around Me. For those not up-to-date on the controversy, Girls Around Me is an app from Russian developer i-Free which maps out women’s locations and …
Burglars Now Using Twitter, Facebook Against You
Next time you leave your home for any appreciable length of time, whatever you do, don’t tell the Internet. A new study has revealed that an unsettling 78% of burglars use social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare to choose just where they’re going to break in next.
That’s not the only way that burglars have started using …
Foursquare Might Finally Become More than a Game with Push Notification API
This morning, word spread that Foursquare’s anticipated push notification API would be announced very soon. Co-founder Dennis Crowley confirmed the news via Twitter, adding, “If you are building on the 4SQ API this is a big deal.”
Betabeat reports:
Foursquare’s magical tool that will allow developers to build apps that can remind
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Study: 28% of U.S. Adults Use Phones for Directions
If you’re someone who likes to check out locations online, you’re far from alone. A new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds that more than a quarter of all American adults use mobile or social location-based media of some kind. It’s apparently good to share where you’re at these days.
The most popular …
Facebook Gives Location-Based ‘Places’ Check-ins the Axe
No more check-ins for you. Facebook Places is being phased out, so you can forget telling everyone that you were at the most magical place on Earth (Disneyland) or that you were busy buying plates at IKEA.
Basically what’s happening is that the mobile check-in feature is getting killed, so you won’t be able to broadcast your …
President Obama Is Joining Foursquare
Now there will be no question about who is going to be the “mayor” of the White House. President Barack Obama has just made the official leap to Foursquare − and he is probably going to be checking in at more places than Carmen Sandiego.
According to the White House, Obama’s Foursquare account will feature the places he visits and …
Foursquare Update Brings ‘Some Early-Access Love’ to Android
Foursquare continues to roll out new tweaks to improve its interface, making this latest addition—a new notification system that “goes beyond the check-in”—available to Android and web users first. The service is available today.
Which is, weirdly, a bit contrary to the New York-based company’s typical behavior; in the past it’s …
Cool or Creepy? ‘Sonar’ App Introduces You to Nearby Strangers
Sonar is kind of like a good party host: It introduces you to whoever else is in the room by leveraging what you have in common.
According to their mission statement: “Sonar is a mobile application that helps you learn about and connect with likeminded people nearby.” It works by geotracking your current location à la Foursquare …
Study Reveals Most Mobile Users Aren’t ‘Checking In’
While we all know someone who inundates our social feeds with all of their “check ins,” it turns out that the idea of alerting the cyberspace world to our whereabouts is not too popular among most people.
A survey of more than 1,000 consumers conducted by digital agency Beyond shows that only 17% of the mobile users are taken with …
Fearsquare: Creeping You Out Over Check-Ins
We’ve all heard the stories about how location based services such as FourSquare are a potential tool for people who want to burglarize your house while you’re away and checked in elsewhere. It’s all useless fearmongering if you ask me. (Also, the website Please Rob Me is inherently bogus; it’s only a robbery if someone’s home.)
Color: A Social-Networking Phone App That Connects to People Around You
Word to the wise: This app is not for people who can’t handle Foursquare. But if you can get past sharing your location to the world (and love to tweet and Facebook with rabid enthusiasm), Color, a social-network-slash-phone-app, is an interesting social network that’s designed to meet people.
Color is basically a smartphone …
