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 …
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.)
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Like going to the movies but hate going alone? A new iPhone app hopes to provide a way to solve that without the need for having something as messy as a social life. Filmaster, a recent startup has launched a new app that it’s describing as “Foursquare for film,” that allows movie fans to check-in at screenings and keep up to date with …
SXSW is famous for being a launch pad for new apps and new tech features. Among those being tested out this year is Foursquare’s American Express partnership. Now, when you check in at selected locations and purchase at least $5 worth of goods, you can get a $5 credit on your statement.
Wall Street Journal talked to AMEX vice chairman …
Foursquare is giving users more reasons to check in with Foursquare 3.0 including better deals, more suggested places to visit and an easier way to rack up points.
As added incentive to check in, Foursquare 3.0 added a Explore tab. You can search for a category like “German restaurants,” and the app will point you to the nearest …
The nifty thing about building a successful web app is that it often throws off all sorts of cool things unrelated to its primary function. To wit: Foursquare, the location based social network that allows you to systematically stalk strangers and extort local businesses (just kidding) accumulates a massive amount of data related to the …
Social check-in network Foursquare is getting in to details. With its new iPhone app, users will now be able to add photos and comments to their activities.
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From now on, users will be asked to add photos upon check-in that will be visible to their Foursquare friends as …
Haven’t jumped on the geotag bandwagon yet? You might not see the point, but what if it could save you money?
As of now, we think of location-based networks as places for narcissistic web-a-holics who believe the Internet is actually interested in their mid-day Starbucks visit. (We really, really don’t.) But, what constant …
Westward ho! Foursquare is opening an office on the other side of the country to the (not so) sunny city of San Francisco – and they’ve announce that they’re hiring.
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“So, if you love Mission-style burritos, temperate climates, and want to work on …