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The all new Foursquare

Sherrilynne Starkie

Foursquare has been around for a few years and has always been a bit of location-based fun. The social network boasts a community of 20 million users, but never really seemed to go mainstream. But that’s set to change with yesterday’s relaunch of the ‘All new Foursquare ‘ Image via CrunchBase.

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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Social Networking Stats: Instagram Reaches 80 Million Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Facebook: 955 million active users. via Twopcharts.

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Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities

Saying It Social

Saying It Social Your Social Media Marketing Resource Home About Polls Our Services Testimonials Social Networking For a Cause: The Power of Online Communities I’d like to use this blog post to step out of our social-networking-for-business mentality and talk a little bit about using social networking for special causes.

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Social Networking Stats: Tumblr Serves 20 Billion Page Views Per Month, #RLTM Scoreboard

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The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Foursquare: over 25 million users. via SmartBlog on Social Media. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Tagged.

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Social Networking Online and Non-Profit Organizations | Freelance.

Freelance Social Media

Non-profits see online social media as an inexpensive way to build relationships, increase involvement, and help out with publicity and education efforts. Non-profits see online social media as an inexpensive way to build relationships, increase involvement, and help out with publicity and education efforts.

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Social Networking Stats: Instagram Has 90 Million Active Monthly Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

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The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week. Foursquare: nearly 30 million users. Please email marissa@modernmediapartners.com if you have additional updates, or a social network that you feel should be on the list. Facebook: 1 billion active users. via Facebook. Twitter: over 500 million users.