October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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INFOGRAPHIC: Why Do We ‘Check-In’ On Location-Based Services?
For users like myself who are so ingrained in the world of social media and jump at the chance to try the latest trend, it's hard to remember that some people don't use location-based services. According to an infographic created by marketing firm Beyond, only 17 percent of people use services like Facebook Places, Foursquare and Yelp, but why hasn't everyone jumped... Read more » Check-In With Foursquare And Earn Loyalty Program Points, Free Nights At Starwood Hotels
Foursquare has teamed up with Starwood Hotels and Resorts to reward members of the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) loyalty program with bonus points, as well as badges and rewards, for checking-in to participating hotels. Starting Tuesday, if you link your SPG account to the location-based service, you will be rewarded with 250 bonus points (called... Read more » Foursquare Teams Up With Google, Tests New NFC Check-Ins At I/O Developer Conference
This is more than a little cool. Foursquare has teamed up with Google ahead of the search giant's annual I/O developer conference (which begins Tuesday in San Francisco), to test out a new way to check-in using the location-based service. Using technology called near-field communication (NFC), those who are attending the conference and have an NFC-ready smartphone... Read more » Foursquare Developers Announce BBM Integration, BlackBerry World 2011 Conference
At BlackBerry World 2011, the conference for all things BlackBerry, developers of the Foursquare BlackBerry app showed off their updated service which had some great new features for BlackBerry users. The app will now be fully integrated into BBM, BlackBerry's popular messaging service. Here's how it works: let's say you're at a restaurant you think your friend... Read more » Social Travel Site Gogobot Announces Foursquare And Facebook Places Integration
Gogobot, a social travel site, has announced that they've integrated Foursquare and Facebook Places into their service to help users document their real-time travel experiences. The service, which launched in November of 2010, connects users via Facebook or Twitter to share and gather travel advice from their social networks. Instead of being catered towards... Read more »
LocaModa Launches Foursquare App, First Featured On NYTimes.com Today Network
LocaModa and Reach Media Group rolled out a new Foursquare app that will allow businesses better marketing opportunities by filtering which reviews pop-up when a Foursquare customer checks in to their venue. The app claims to offer more utility for venues and more engagement for advertisers. The new Foursquare app comes with “venue-safe” features that allow... Read more » Mercedes-Benz Gives Away $1000 In Foursquare Promotion
Are you in the market for a new car? Well then sign in to Foursquare and head over to this year's New York International Auto Show—you could get a $1,000 voucher for a Mercedes-Benz! In their first ever geo-social initiative, the German car company is encouraging all users who check into Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan, N.Y. during the show to locate one of... Read more » Grab 20% Off At California Pizza Kitchen When You Check-In With Foursquare Friends
If you're the kind of person who likes grabbing a pizza with friends and receiving a discount in the process (and let's face it, doesn't that cover just about everyone?), California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has the offer for you. The restaurant chain is offering a friends special that will allow you to receive a 20 percent discount off your bill when you check-in along... Read more »
Foursquare Shows Photos From Friends You Checked-In With At Venues
Foursquare has introduced a new social photo feature, meaning that every time you check-in with your friends, you will be able to see all the photos they have taken on your check-in detail page. You will be able to see all of your friend's photos from a venue on the same screen. When your Foursquare friends look at the screen, they will see mutual friends who... Read more » Mayor Bloomberg Makes Foursquare Day Official In New York City
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg checked-in to the offices of location-based service Foursquare Thursday to declare that Foursquare Day, which takes place Saturday, has been officially recognized in the city. Bloomberg visited the offices to hand-deliver the official proclamation and to celebrate the occasion. Foursquare says that users of the service had... Read more »
