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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. Now Foursquare lets users explore in ways. Related posts: A week of Foursquare checkins.

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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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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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Myspace Integrates Facebook

Mindjumpers

Another new feature that we know from Foursquare is earning badges. I think it is a smart move that Myspace makes their service play with Facebook instead of competing against each other. The 2010 Social Network Map. Technorati Tags: Facebook , Myspace , social media collaboration , Twitter , Youtube.

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

The Realtime Report

million social media followers across Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Foursquare. The top of every page featured a drop down menu with live events, and each country page featured a list of athletes competing that day. million “likes” on the social network. The organization counted 4.7

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Gaming Mindfulness

Janet Fouts

It works particularly well with problem-solving where badges or scores indicate competency. Many corporations use gamification to encourage employee engagement , sharing of company information on social media, and meeting performance goals. Just like merit badges in the scouts, or checking in on Foursquare to earn points.

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