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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
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Location-based social network Gowalla is trimming its feature set to improve the overall user experience, according to Gowalla founder and CEO Josh Williams, who made the announcement in a blog post Thursday.
The company will eliminate the use of virtual …
Let’s all give a warm, startup-community welcome to BuzzMob, which officially launched today. Hi, BuzzMob!
The Irvine-based company has made a mobile app, also called BuzzMob (free), for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad (their Android app is in the …
Location-based social network Foursquare now allows its users to check in at specific events, the company announced today on its blog.
The new check-in feature means time-specific events such as movies, concerts and sports games will all be treated the …
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation Vita portable gaming device will feature built-in 3G (in one model), and the ability to make phone calls using Skype — but don’t call it a smartphone.
The Vita is first and foremost a gaming device, but …
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 …
Location-based check-in service Foursquare and local deals site Groupon are partnering up to offer real-time daily deals, Foursquare confirmed today. Several deals have already gone live in Chicago (like the one pictured above), and deals all over the U.S. and …
The Internet is an international place. You can be in India on one page and Brazil the next. However, translation can be costly for small content publishers. Translation software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, Smartling, wants to change that.
The service works like …
The teenage entrepreneurs behind TappMob have an extreme approach to app design: One button and one bar of text is all you need.
Their first app is a location-sharing tool that lets you share your whereabouts with your friends using …
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 …
Usually Apple’s iOS platform gets the freshest apps and biggest app updates before Google’s Android OS does. But location-based service Foursquare bucked that trend Tuesday with the release of an update that adds a cool new notifications panel to its …
Popular check-in application Foursquare announced today on its blog that as of last week it has more than half a million businesses signed up and offering specials.
Businesses looking to take advantage of customers using Foursquare to check in to …
AdaptiveBlue, a New York City startup that lets users “check in” to TV shows to share what they’re watching with their friends, has unveiled an HTML5 version of its GetGlue app that emulates its iPhone and Android applications.
That means …
Location-based social network Foursquare closed a new $50 million round of funding, the company reported today.
Foursquare said it will use the new funding to hire additional engineers, grow its merchant platform and expand internationally.
“The opportunity to build something …
Just after announcing that it passed 10 million users, location-based check-in service Foursquare has said it is partnering with American Express to give members even better deals when they check in at merchants’ stores across the country.
This partnership and …
