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After three-plus years, 20 million members, and 2 billion check-ins Foursquare is ready to grow up.
The social network, which lets users check-in at restaurants, retailers, and other venues, is finally incorporating paid ads into its service, like Facebook and …
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The South by Southwest (SXSW) conferences have given geeks a lot of social inroads over the last few years. They brought us blogging, then microblogging; they were a launchpad for Twitter and Foursquare. Thanks to those web services, meeting at …
Location-based social network Gowalla is, as of today, no longer available to the public. The company was recently purchased by social networking giant Facebook.
Gowalla’s website now loads to a page that says, “”Thank you for going out with Gowalla. …
Highlight, the location-based app stripping the serendipity out of meeting someone, is launching new features today inspired by the popular upcoming event South-By-South-West.
“South-By-South-West is kind of a preview of what the world would be like if everyone had Highlight,” …
While Facebook was rolling out some changes to its privacy policies today, the company also quietly announced it was killing off the Foursquare-like Places function inside of its mobile app.
The Facebook Places feature was unveiled a year ago and …
Popular location check-in application Foursquare just launched a new “Foursquare for Business” page to encourage businesses and brands to claim venues and create partnerships.
With millions of consumers checking in to locations around the world, Foursquare has quickly become another …
CloudMade, a company that provides mapping data to 16,200 application developers, just announced that it has acquired German startup OneStepAhead.
I last spoke to CloudMade chief executive Juha Christensen when the company raised its second round of funding in July. …
Shopping startup Retailigence says it’s creating a “bridge” connecting real-world “brick-and-mortar” stores with mobile and web applications. Now the Palo Alto, Calif. company has enlisted some well-known investors to fund its efforts: Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Dave McClure’s 500 Startups …
Location-based app maker Bones in Motion is looking to take a bite out of Garmin and other GPS manufacturers, offering up a service that lets runners and bikers user their GPS-enabled cell phones to track distance, speed, and how their …
