Tag Archives : Foursquare

Facebook today announced an update to Facebook for iOS and Android that lets the mobile users discover new places their friends like, with this revamp Facebook seems to be getting ready to compete even more closely with Foursquare and Yelp.   The updated version of the app features a refreshed Nearby tab, which, according to a post on the Facebook Newsroom website, now shows recommendations [...]

Foursquare on Symbian OS Nokia unveiled Foursquare application for mobile OS Symbian^3 based phones at Nokia World in London yesterday . The mobile app will debut at the revamped Ovi Store as a featured application early next week. Foursquare for Nokia is nicely integrated with Ovi Maps with the style and function similar to the Foursquare apps  on other mobile Operating Systems.

Foursquare Android app users could now check in on Foursquare with their voices. It’s a speech-to-check in feature integrated by Vlingo and this absolutely is a time saver. With the new app, Android users can speak a simple “check in to < place name>” command from the home screen . The command will make Vlingo to automatically pull up the location in question, and other nearby venues, [...]

Facebook Facebook Places is in the news since it launch yesterday, its popularity has rubbed off on Foursquare , who have yesterday seen a highest number of signups, thanks to Foursquare and its ilk, location based services have been around for quite some time now, even Yelp.com has joined the fray, nevertheless, this feature has now got tremendous exposure with Facebook’s 500 million user [...]

Foursquare Launch of Facebook Places in US has all the features of a Facebook feature launch – huge publicity in media, indepth discussions on blogosphere, scrutiny by privacy advocates and of course, large number of users trying it out. One unexpected  but, positive consequence is that Foursquare is experiencing record interest in the wake of the launch of Facebook Places. On Thursday, the [...]

TweetDeck Hugely popular social media management tool TweetDeck which lets you access your Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare accounts from a single application now arrives on Android. Tweetdeck on Android is much better than its version on iPhone (unlike, other apps which generally have superior iPhone and inferior Android apps) Android users get more features than are currently available on the [...]

Image by Getty Images via @daylife TweetDeck, the popular Adobe Air’s Twitter and other SNS (Social Networking Sites) management tool continues to add features at a steady pace that too while its still in Beta  . TweetDeck has released version 0.34.2 which brings the location-based exploration and gaming platform Foursquare  into its fold along Google’s social-networking platform [...]

Image via Wikipedia Foursquare, the popular location-based social networking service for mobile devices, which also doubles up as a game and rewards users with virtual badges and mayorships for checking into various establishments has tied up with Dominos Pizza in UK .   Dominos, which promotes itself as the UK’s leading pizza delivery service, will offer free pizzas and discounts to Foursquare [...]

Image via CrunchBase Move over Facebook’s recently launched and fast catching ‘Open Graph’ feature, the  habit-inducing social networking site is reportedly planning a location-based feature that lets users “check-in” at real-world businesses and points of interest. TechCrunch reported about hidden code for the location feature on Facebook’s  mobile website [...]

Image by bandita via Flickr It seems that the folks at Foursquare had enough of ‘Please Rob Me’ – the mock service that was setup to expose the danger of privacy invasion caused by tweeting about Foursquare check-ins. In the latest post on its blog, Foursquare has clarified its stand and with all due respect, shown the middle finger to ‘Please Rob Me’. Every location based service has its [...]