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Foursquare Looks Great on Windows 8
The first serious tablet version of the check-in app is here.
Foursquare Time Machine Feature Lets You Retrace Your Steps All Laser-Like
Now you can relive the thrill of the time you went from your house to a coffee shop to your job to a sandwich place to the grocery store to your house to a friend’s house…
Foursquare Sees Stars, Signs with Hollywood Talent Agency
In a rare move for a social media site, Foursquare has partnered with United Talent Agency to promote its presence in Hollywood.
The details of the arrangement are vague, but Variety notes that the move is probably geared …
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 …