October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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Fearsquare Shows Foursquare Users How Dangerous Their Check-in Locations Are
A lot of people are already pretty leery about sharing their locations online using location-based apps like Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places. Fearsquare is an interesting service that cross-references your check-ins with a police database to show how many crimes per month are committed in any particular location. Creepy and informative! When you link up... Read more » Workout At LA Fitness On Foursquare Day And Earn Rewards
Foursquare Day is fast approaching and several retailers across the U.S. (including McDonalds) have announced one-day only specials to celebrate the occasion. Not wanting to be left out of the fun, LA Fitness has unveiled 2 specials that will be available to Foursquare users on Satuday. The first special is open to all members of the gym. If you bring along a... Read more » You Can Now Check-In More Securely On Foursquare With HTTPS
Any time you use Foursquare from now on, you will be able to relax in knowing that your check-ins and logins have been made more secure through the introduction of the HTTPS protocol. The company announced on Twitter Wednesday that the protocol has been introduced as standard across all of Foursquare -- you will be able to access the service more securely from the... Read more »
The New Website ‘Hipper Than You?’ Ranks How Early You Joined Foursquare
Some people claim big bragging rights for joining popular social networks before they were "cool." I remember when people were bragging about how early they made the jump from Myspace to Facebook, and they took pride in being able to recognize the "next big thing." The website "Hipper Than You?" is offering a service that lets you see just how early you jumped onto... Read more »
Foursquare Adds Searchable Page Directory To Help Promote Brands
You may not know it, but there are over 1,300 brands that operate through Foursquare to help give tips and information about locations related to their products. Foursquare is hoping to get more people following its brand pages with the addition of its new Pages Gallery. "Thousands of partners, tons of tips (and new badges), all in one handy place. Our new Pages... Read more » Check-In While Checking-Out Books To Collect The New York Public Library Foursquare Badge
The New York Public Library has become the first public library in the world to receive its own Foursquare badge. The “Find The Future Centennial Badge” was launched on Wednesday to mark the 100th birthday of the library's Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on 42nd Street. To unlock the badge, users can check-in at various locations of the library in The Bronx,... Read more »
Official Foursquare Day Badge And Logo Revealed
Foursquare has released details of the 2nd annual Foursquare Day (#4sqDay), along with an official logo and badge to mark the occasion. On Apr. 16 (think of it this way: April is the fourth month and “4 squared” is 16. Clever.), fans of Foursquare around the world will check-in to unofficial meetups taking place in dozens of cities including Los Angeles,... Read more »
Foursquare Check-in Triggers German Billboard To Dispense Dog Food
The advertising industry is getting pretty clever. There's a new marketing campaign going on in Germany that allows dog owners to get free samples of dog food at certain billboards in the country. The fun part? The advertisements automatically dispenses the dog food when you check-in to certain billboards through Foursquare. Now that's motivated participation. The... Read more » Foursquare Takes Over Sony Ericsson Open, First Sporting Event Integration
Sony Ericsson is partnering up with Foursquare to bring you the first fully Foursquare integrated sporting event, the Sony Ericsson Tennis Open in Miami. This is not only a big marketing move in the social media space, but a huge win for Foursquare, as well, as the social network becomes more and more ubiquitous. From March 21 to April 3, 300,000 Sony Ericsson... Read more »
9-Year-Old Beats CEO Dennis Crowley at the Real Four Square
Dennis Crowley isn't the mayor of real-life Four Square, after all. The CEO got it handed to him by 9-year-old school girl, Lane Williard, on the Four Square court at SXSW over the weekend. Williard has never heard of Foursquare, the location-based app, but she never turns down an opportunity to play Four Square, the ball game. Her mother Donna saw the court drawn... Read more »
