October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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Foursquare Closes $50M Funding Round
Foursquare has announced that is has closed a new $50 million round of funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Also taking part in the funding round are Foursquare's current venture capital partners O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Union Square Ventures, along with Spark Capital. Foursquare co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai say they are planning to use... Read more » Foursquare And American Express Announce National Partnership, Link Card To Get Cash Back
Foursquare has teamed up with American Express to offer cardholders major savings. Starting Thursday, users who link their Foursquare account with their American Express cards and check-in at various venues will receive specials like money back on purchases. Foursquare tested this program in March during SXSW. If users linked their AMEX account with Foursquare,... Read more » Foursquare Updates iPhone App, Makes Check-Ins Much Faster
One day after announcing that it has reached 10 million users, Foursquare has launched an update for its iPhone app that makes checking-in much faster. Foursquare 3.2 for iPhone should cut down how long it takes for you to check-in, as the list of nearby places that loads up when you access the check-in screen should now be populated much more quickly. On the... Read more » AMEX Includes Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare To American Express Championship Experience At US Open
American Express is helping their customers get the most out of the 2011 U.S. Open. They've just announced the launch of their Course Curator digital concierge that will give cardmembers personalized suggestions of where to find the best action and concessions as well as give users the opportunity to share their experience through social networks. The Course... Read more »
Foursquare, Canada’s Yellow Pages Announce Strategic Partnership
Foursquare has announced a strategic partnership with Canada's Yellow Pages Group. The partnership is part of the location-based service's "Venue Harmonization Project" which secures the authenticity of venues and breaks them off into a separate API to better suit location-based app development. The Yellow Pages Group is the first Canadian company to participate... Read more » Foursquare, 7-Eleven Partner For Location-based Sweepstakes, Win A Trip To Space
How many of you wanted to be an astronaut when you grew up until you knew how much training it really entailed? Well, it's now possible! 7-Eleven is giving one lucky Foursquare user the chance to go to space. Yes, they are actually sending someone to space. Okay, so it's just suborbital space, meaning the winner will be able to float and see the black curvature of... Read more »
Foursquare Rumored To Be Partnering With Groupon, Bringing Location-based Deals To Users
Groupon, one of the largest providers of daily deals, and the location-based service Foursquare are allegedly in talks of a partnership. The partnership would likely offer deals to users based on Foursquare check-ins. This opens up a whole new door for Groupon who has previously relied on email lists as a way to target users with specific deals. Offering deals... Read more »
INQ Mobile Announces Foursquare Integration With Cloud Touch OS
INQ Mobile's Cloud Touch phones were already created with social networking in mind. The company deeply integrated Facebook into the OS to promote social sharing, and now INQ is making their next move towards location-based services. At Monday's TechCrunch Disrupt, Foursquare and INQ Mobile announced their partnership. The two companies are collaborating on a... Read more »
Sunday Times Announces Social List, Most Active And Influential Social Media Users
The Sunday Times has just announced the launch of the Sunday Times Social List. Finally, a who's who in social networking! This list almost mirrors the classic Forbes Celebrity 100 or Times' Most Influential People, but it's catered toward the growing influence of social media, and anyone can sign up to participate, even the average Joe who happens to fancy... Read more »
Foursquare Opens Doors For More Users To Become Superusers
Foursquare has announced a new, easier way for users to make the step up and become Superusers. Essentially, Superusers are users of Foursquare that help manage information about venues. Superusers can merge duplicate venues; flag venues for deletion if they have been closed; and edit venue names or other venue information. They can also add venue categories and... Read more » 
