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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. Users ‘checked in’ at places they had visited to compete with friends for points and, very occasionally, get free products and services. The new mobile app showcases swipeable photos, tips, lists and friends’ places.

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Foursquare Evolves From Gamification To Recommendation – But Why?

SocMed Sean

Of all the location-based social networks out there, Foursquare certainly has been the one to outlast the competition. I didn’t say “Foursquare has beaten the competition” or “Foursquare has succeed”…I just said they outlasted the competition. They do have something, though.

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

The Realtime Report

A new compilation of stats from the 2012 Olympic Games reveals that 60% of visits to the official London 2012 Games website and apps came from mobile devices. million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. million “likes” on the social network. The organization counted 4.7

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The Next Big Thing After Twitter! Is FourSquare The Answer?

Atom Thought

I was beginning to hear a lot about Foursquare in the past few months , actually more after I bought the iPhone3G, and in the past few days decided to explore and experience Foursquare myself. However Foursquare takes it to the next level intelligently by using the entire concept as if it were a video game.

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Facebook considers competing with Myspace on the music front

Freelance Social Media

The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number of song-streaming services and music community sites, including Rhapsody.com, iMeem.com, iLike.com and Lala.com, about an outsourcing deal that would more deeply integrate their music experience into Facebook, sources familiar with the situation said, the NY Post reports.

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How Social Media Changes Retail Storefronts

Ari Herzog

I fought with competing distributors over the signage in the front window and the decals on the door. I spoke to restaurant owners when competing Budweiser decals faded. I see merchants show off what social networks they are on and what mobile technologies you can use inside the store. Your experience is changing.

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YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places

Firebelly

Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebelly at Blog Indiana | Main | 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles » August 24, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places People are calling it a FourSquare killer. People are calling it a Facebook killer (due to privacy concerns).

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