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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Geolocation applications allow you to share your location with other people and associate that location to restaurants, events, and other real-world venues. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago. I saw you checked in on Foursquare as I just did.” I’m Ari.

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OliveWoo – The First Location-based Date Service

Mindjumpers

About SF New Tech SF New Tech is the largest and longest running monthly technology event in San Francisco. Since forming in March 2006 more than 5,000 people have signed up to attend monthly standing room only events. Similar Posts: Foursquare Reaches 100 Million Checkins Facebook Introduces Geolocation Foursquare: How Does It Work?

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

And, Street Bump is a mobile application that lets people improve their own neighbourhoods. With Foursquare, a user could look to find people who are close by, like a woman in a nearby bar for instance. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare. And it can be used for good.

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Realtime Olympics: 60% of London 2012 Visits Came Via Mobile; Facebook Was 2nd Highest Traffic Source

The Realtime Report

The Games organizers also used a remarkable array of platforms, strategies and applications to drive fan engagement around the games. million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. The organization counted 4.7 Creating a Realtime Experience Around the Digital Games. Many Ways to Engage.

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Social Media? There's an app for that!

Freelance Social Media

The app also lists social media and marketing events. To have your event listed contact info@langfordmedia.com About LangfordMedia LangfordMedia specializes in social media, web development, and mobile application development for small businesses. . “We will continue to update the app with tips and best practices.&#

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5 Stories and a video to help make sense of Facebook Deals

Firebelly

Facebook announced Facebook Deals for Places during the Facebook Mobile Event earlier this week. Local Deals Come To Facebook Places Deals is a new application within Facebook’s iPhone app or via touch.facebook.com that let’s you find deals at nearby businesses. Video URL: [link] ].

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. If you have a blog-based website (through WordPress or Blogger), you may be able to automate some of the posting process by installing the Social RSS application. Foursquare!

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