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Stand By for a Foursquare Superuser

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Perhaps it doesn’t deserve the status of a combat fighter pilot, but Foursquare has upgraded me to “Superuser&# status, which means: “you gain the ability to edit our venue database (fixing incorrect addresses, suggesting duplicate venues, marking places as “closed&# , matching venues with their Twitter accounts).

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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

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Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. Experts ” have recently placed Foursquare valuations in the $50M to $70M range. I think this is low, and I also think it is too soon for Foursquare to sell. Part of Foursquare’s appeal is that it does one thing really well.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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You’ll also have the option to “cross-post” such that your location and message is published both within the application and to your Twitter or Facebook account. That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare. Brightkite 2.0