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Foursquare Adds More Menus, Continues to Become a Better Tool for Local Search & Discovery

Foursquare Adds More Menus, Continues to Become a Better Tool for Local Search & Discovery

By Josh Wolford May 14, 2013

Over the past year or so, Foursquare has been going through a major transformation – well, at least a major improvement. What they’ve been doing is making both small and large tweaks to turn the focus of the service toward …

Foursquare Gives Businesses a 4sqDay Incentive Foursquare Gives Businesses a 4sqDay Incentive
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If you’re a local business and are thinking about celebrating the upcoming 4sqDay 2013 with a special, Foursquare is giving you another little incentive to make that decision easier. Foursquare has just announced that they will be automatically featuring any …

Foursquare Adds Interactive Maps to Android App Foursquare Adds Interactive Maps to Android App

Foursquare has just released an update to their Android app that brings better maps to the explore feature and lets users redefine the parameters of their location searching by zooming in on a specific portion of the map. “We’ve updated …

Foursquare for Android Gets an Update Foursquare for Android Gets an Update

Today, Foursquare is releasing an update to their Android app that they say will help put recommendations front and center, right when you open the app. “When you’re in a new city or neighborhood, Foursquare will show you popular places, …

Foursquare Enables Faster Tap-and-Hold Check-ins Foursquare Enables Faster Tap-and-Hold Check-ins

If you want to check-in on Foursquare more often, but think the process takes too long, today’s iOS update is for you. Foursquare is now letting users check-in faster by employing a “tap and hold” feature in the app. Now, …

Foursquare for iOS Beefs Up Explore Recommendations Foursquare for iOS Beefs Up Explore Recommendations

Foursquare has just updated to version 5.5 of their iOS app and it brings an improved Explore tab that puts more recommendations on the screen for easier decisions on the go. “Whether your go-to brunch spot is too crowded, or …

Foursquare Can't Wait For Google Glass Foursquare Can't Wait For Google Glass

Mark Zuckerberg isn’t the only social media company head anxious to get his hands on Google Glass for the betterment of his product. Dennis Crowley, CEO of Foursquare, has been talking about it as well. At Mobile World Congress, Crowley …

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Foursquare Extends Amex-Like Offers to Other Cards Foursquare Extends Amex-Like Offers to Other Cards

In early 2011, Foursquare and American Express launched a partnership that allowed card-owners to score discounts and cashback by using Foursquare to check-in and spend at certain participating businesses around the country. The program made a big splash on Small …

Atlanta Airport Hits 1M Check-ins on Foursquare Atlanta Airport Hits 1M Check-ins on Foursquare

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is known as the world’s busiest airport, serving over 250,000 passengers daily and over 900,000 flights in the course of a year. Now, it has another distinction: The most popular place on Foursquare. Today, Hartsfield-Jackson became …

Foursquare's Voice Media Data Integration Goes Live Foursquare's Voice Media Data Integration Goes Live

Last month, Foursquare announced a partnership with Voice Media Group, publishers of regional magazines like Miami New Times, L.A. Weekly, and Village Voice. The partnership brings Voice Media Groups’s products like “Voice Places” and “Best of” to Foursquare’s location services. …

Foursquare Helps Businesses' Visibility on Twitter Foursquare Helps Businesses' Visibility on Twitter

Foursquare is making a small tweak that could make a big difference for businesses trying to connect with their patrons (and wishing to court new patrons). Starting today, businesses will be given the option to connect their Twitter accounts with …

Foursquare Debuts 'Best of' Lists for 30 U.S. Cities Foursquare Debuts 'Best of' Lists for 30 U.S. Cities

Foursquare has just launched a new “Best of” page that makes use of nearly 3 billion check-ins from over 30 million users worldwide. The Best of Foursquare page breaks down the top food, nightlife, and entertainment across 30 major American …

Foursquare Launches App Specifically for Businesses Foursquare Launches App Specifically for Businesses

Foursquare has just unveiled their second app, and this one is targeted at business owners. Available today, Foursquare for Business is a standalone iOS app that allows business owners who manage a location on Foursquare to post updates, check analytics, …

Foursquare Integrates School Stats from ProPublica Foursquare Integrates School Stats from ProPublica

Foursquare has been getting better over the past year or so by adding more information to check-ins. Their list of connected apps has grown to include some pretty useful apps like GeoPollster, which will tell you if the business you …

Yandex Launches Social Search App Wonder Aimed At US Yandex Launches Social Search App Wonder Aimed At US

Update: Facebook has pulled data from Wonder. More here. Russian search engine company Yandex has launched a new social search app for the iPhone and iPod Touch for people in the U.S. It’s called Wonder, and taps into Facebook, Twitter, …

Foursquare Is Down and They're Investigating Foursquare Is Down and They're Investigating

UPDATE: It’s all back up. as of 11:45 am ET, making the downtime total nearly 5 hours. No explanation on what caused the outage. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: If you tried to check-in on Foursquare when you arrived at work this morning, …

Foursquare Partners with Voice Media Group Foursquare Partners with Voice Media Group

Foursquare is looking to give users access to even more information about locations in some of the country’s biggest markets. Today, they’ve announced a “strategic data syndication partnership” with Voice Media Group – more specifically their “Voice Places” and “Best …