Three years after launching Foursquare in New York City, co-founder Naveen Selvadurai announced that he is leaving the company.
Foursquare Co-founder Naveen Selvadurai Checks Out
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Google+ Threatens Foursquare with New Check-In Leaderboard
One of the first things that people usually ask Foursquare users is ‘why do you care?’ In fact, this is what people usually ask people that play FarmVille or CityVille, or even Tweet. We live in a digital world where people usually have to eat their own snap judgments within a few weeks because they delve deeper into the technology and find some interesting use.
So, in that vein, while location-based services and check-ins may not have been a big deal to Google before, it is now — they just released a Google+ check-in leaderboard with their newest version of Google Maps for Android.
The Social Landscape of 2011 [Infographic]
The year 2011 is safely behind us, and it looks like the future of social media is all downhill from here. It seems the bigger companies are consolidating, either by buying out competitors or enhancing their own services. A new infographic looks at the major events of 2011.
New Little Printer Prints Receipt-sized Daily Newspaper
A bold new product is arriving from BERG that plans to redesign personalized publishing, by printing news from Facebook, Foursquare and The Guardian.
The Little Printer is an ideal social media interface edited by you. According to CEO Matt Webb, the new product lives up to its name. It is a palm-sized, cube-shaped, thermal printer with an adorable pair of feet and a cute face that delivers personalized mini-newspaper.
Mayor of Tampa Using Foursquare… to Become Mayor Again
Tampa’s Foursquare users are going toe-to-toe with real-life Mayor Bob Buckhorn. They are competing for the “mayor” title on the Web service. The competition started when Buckhorn initiated his own Foursquare account to engage citizens on his whereabouts in their city.
“Save to foursquare” Button Sends Place & Location Info From the Web to Your Phone
Part of the trick to managing an enormous amount of information is getting the data moved from screen to screen (from notebook to phone or tablet and vice versa). If you see a “Save to foursquare” button, you can now save information about the place to your Foursquare account. If the Foursquare Radar option is turned on, your phone will buzz to let you know you are near something you though was interesting enough to use the “Save to” button.
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Foursquare Teams with Scoutmob to Offer Mobile Deals in 13 U.S. Cities
Foursquare teamed with mobile deals specialist Scoutmob to add 500 new deals across 13 cities in the U.S. The deals do not require a credit card or up-front purchase. Foursquare says deals are often 50 to 100% off. That’s quite a deal.
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Foursquare Provided NFC Powered Tap to Check-in Feature at Nokia World
Nokia’s Near field Connectivity Blog provided interesting, if somewhat dated, information in a recent post. It lets us know that Nokia and Foursquare enabled NFC (Near Field Communications) check-in at Nokia World which took place in London a month ago (October 26-27).
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SoundTracking Receives $4.75M in Financing
SoundTracking is becoming more and more popular and, of course, that means that it’s becoming more and more attractive to investors — to the point that it has just received some $4.75 million in venture capital.
Quora for iPhone App Can Show Q&A About Things Near You
Quora is a popular community-organized Q&A website. But, did you know there Quora also has an iPhone app with an interesting feature tweak? The free Quora iPhone app lets you ask questions, contribute answers and browse topics as you can on Quora’s desktop website. And, the tweak? Quora for iPhone has a Nearby icon that, when tapped, displays questions and answers related to topics in your general area. You can ask for example, where are the best places to have breakfast in the area. Or, ask about interesting places to visit based on specific interests.
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