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Foursquare now has more than 3 million users, if the site’s public user registration numbers are correct. The 3 millionth member appears to be Brian S. from St. Louis, Missouri, who has yet to check in to any v...
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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 EagleR...
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“STD testing center” seems like number three on a list of “Embarrassing Places to Check in on Foursquare,” but this September, MTV and the geo-location service are aiming to quash that stigma by offering...
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This series is supported by Gist . Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. Se...
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In honor of Mashable’s five-year anniversary, this series is supported by IDG . Matt Yorke, President of IDG’s Strategic Marketing Services explains why now is the time for marketers to conduct social experim...
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It’s no surprise to say technology has completely changed the way we, as a society, come together . From Twitter to Foursquare , J-Date to Match.com , gone are the days of quainter communication. Forget about lying in bed twirling the phone...
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Have you ever wanted to walk into a building and be automatically checked into Foursquare , without any action on your part? That's the promise of an intriguing DIY project from electronic engineering hobbyist, Casey Halverson . He has come up w...
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This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. Location-based services, such as Foursquare ...
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Ever since shortly after Facebook launched its check-in feature, Facebook Places , last month, the site has been plagued by a rumor that if users log-in to Facebook from their mobile phone, other users will be able to track their exact location...
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While checking into a Facebook Places location recently, one Mashable reader noticed a new tab: Photo Memories. We’ve been unable to duplicate the same tab ourselves, which means Facebook may be testing this feature wi...
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Advertisers have long talked about the mystical possibilities of using real-time location data to target customers. The technology existed; most cell phones have a GPS receiver in case of emergency. But real-time location data was off-limits to adv...
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Geomium is a new location-based service that doesn’t really offer that many original features, but which has the merit of focusing mostly on the European market - a market that is not as well-served as the American market is by services like Foursqu...
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Dave McClure is rather unlike most investors in Silicon Valley. He curses like a sailor, for one thing – publicly. He tweets almost constantly, no matter the time of day. He has also become a central character on the seed investing scene, seemingly...
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Location-based mobile applications, also now being called "check-in services" to differentiate themselves from other geo-aware apps like Google Maps, are the hottest new social applications on the mobile scene today. The lineup includes...
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Facebook Places gets a little more “Foursquare-ized” today with the introduction of Context Optional’s Facebook Places Check-In Leaderboard. According to Context Optional , this is the first product that enables brands to recog...
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There is a lot written about what people post about themselves on social media , and whether or not that is a good thing. New location based services such as foursquare ramp up that controversy. Letting others know where you are might have social...
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Mollie Vandor is the Product Manager for Ranker.com and Media Director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter and on her blog , where she writes about the web, the world and what it’s like to be a geek chic chi...
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Some of our day-to-day locations should really remain unshared.
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Apple iTunes’ Ping launched Wednesday night to a flurry of chatter lauding it as a MySpace killer , only to land Thursday morning amid criticism and a nasty break-up with Facebook . Now that the dust is beginning to settle, let’s take ...
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You knew this already. But some of you like to see charts and numbers, so here you go: The funding boom for Twitter start-ups is over.
The numbers come from research firm CB Insights , which says that $10.4 million went into “pure play̶...
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Foursquare Surpasses 3 Million User Registrations
