Category Archives: Social Apps

Foursquare’s Founders Are Too Cool [Image File]

# imagefile [ Foursquare founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai pretend to be chill in balmy SoHo this morning during a winter-themed photo shoot for their mobile "check-in" service. Icy stares ensued. Photo via our own Tom Plunkett. ] More »
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Foursquare, MTV Push STD Testing With Check-In Badge

Foursquare teams up with MTV to use the popular mobile social network applications to reduce the spread of STDs and lessen the stigma of testing.
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Foursquare and MTV want to know if you have an STD

Foursquare and MTV have teamed up to promote a special virtual “badge” for users who check into health clinics and get tested for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). read more
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Foursquare hits 3 million users

Foursquare hit the three million user mark over the weekend, less than two months after the location-based service passed the two million users mark in July. This success comes despite predictions Foursquare would be crushed by Facebook’s recently launched location-sharing feature called Places. But Foursquare’s recent user milestone suggests Places may actually be helping Foursquare’s [...]

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Foursquare Surpasses 3 Million Users

Foursquare now has more than 3 million users, if the site’s public user registration numbers are correct.
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Foursquare Takes Over Times Square [PIC ]

A massive array of shimmering advertisements for Foursquare has been erected in New York City’s Times Square. This picture just appeared on Flickr; it’s pretty impressive. The ad towers over American Eagle’s Times Square retail store.
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Foursquare Tambahkan Keterangan Tentang Mayorship

Foursquare melakukan perubahan kecil pada keterangan tentang ‘mayorship’ pada layanan mereka. Kini ketika pengguna melakukan check-in lewat perangkat bergerak, maka akan muncul keterangan tambahan yang berhubungan dengan ‘mayorship’. Foursquare akan menampilkan jumlah perhitungan atau angka yang menunjukkan berapa check-in lagi yang harus dilakukan oleh pengguna di lokasi tertentu, jika mereka …
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Foursquare Chief Calls Facebook Places ‘Boring,’ Misses The Point

In disparaging Facebook’s new check-in tool, Foursquare acknowledges the competition.
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Foursquares Happy Growing Pains

Foursquare headquarters have been cramped this summer. The fast-growing location-based check-in service, which has been subleasing space from Curbed on the fifth floor of 36 Cooper Square since they moved out of founder Dennis Crowley’s kitchen, started the year with just five employees, and has since ballooned to 30. In May they were forced to [...]

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Was Foursquare Facebooks Places Proof Of Concept?

Foursquare may have acted as a year-long, proof-of-concept experiment that Facebook observed before deciding to enter the location-based social network fray.
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