Foursquare finally lets you keep home addresses private

Location-based social network Foursquare has quietly added the incredibly welcome ability to hide home addresses to its privacy features.

One of the biggest problems I’ve always had when scanning my friends’ Foursqaure check-ins has been seeing people checking in at …

Foursquare to release API for push notifications today

Location-based social network Foursquare is planning to release its API for push notifications to the public later today, reports BetaBeat.

The push notification API, which Foursquare first announced at its hackathon event in March, allows developers to build apps that …

Demo: OfferedLocal makes it easy to do local promotions

When popular location-base check-in service Foursquare first came along, small businesses had an easy way to use social and location-based marketing tactics to get new customers. But as local marketing options have multiplied, it’s getting more complex.

Boston-based OfferedLocal hopes …

Gowalla’s next location check-in app features city guides

Location-based check-in company Gowalla unveiled the next version of its mobile application today, which features guides that include more in-depth information about locations.

For example, users can see guides to locations such as Disneyland or the University of Texas, which …

สวัสดี, Foursquare! Checkin app adds five new languages

By adding five new languages, location-based social network Foursquare has opened the door to 1.5 billion more users. The company launched translations of its app in Bahasa Indonesian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Thai, it said today on its blog,

Foursquare …

Week in review: How Steve Jobs terrorized Apple employees in the elevator

Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:

Why Apple employees avoid getting in the elevator with Steve Jobs — With all of the supernatural success …

Localmind’s check-in app update gives you the power of omniscience

When mobile location service Foursquare released its API, Lenny Rachitsky wondered what he could do with all of that data. Foursquare is designed to tell people where you are at any given time. But what if you could be in …

Foursquare finds revenue stream in daily deals partnerships

Popular check-in application Foursquare, which recently reached 10 million global users, today announced on its blog that it will be offering local daily deals from 5 new partners, including LivingSocial, Gilt City, Zozi,  AT&T Interactive and BuyWithMe.

Similar to how …