Some would say that Foursquare has blasted into the scene of location based social networking applications with a vengeance. From the Foursquare site: People use foursquare to “check-in&# , which is a way of telling us your whereabouts. You’ll find that as your friends use foursquare to check-in, you’ll start learning more about the places they frequent. Encourage Foursquare Users to Check in and Post Reviews about Your Location. Foursquare allows a user to view where their friends have been within 3 hours of a certain update. MORE >>

If you're a regular user of services like Twitter or Foursquare , you've undoubtedly been met with skeptics and naysayers who wonder aloud, "Why would I want to tell anyone what I'm having for lunch?" This new video helps to put Foursquare's services into perspective for people who wonder "What's the value of 'checking in'?" As you can see, specials, discounts and a potential connection with those around us all converge within Foursquare to give a much more contextual purpose - one that over time, will be customized to your tastes and interests. Video foursquare MORE >>

WeePlaces.com built and released a visualization of FourSquare activity this weekend, and it has already gotten quite a bit of use from those addicted to the new world of geolocation. If you're a Foursquare user, and you want to relive your own life, start at [link] and run your own visual. Tags: Foursquare Little warms a geek's heart like new and innovative data visualizations. With our every activity being tracked and reported as data - including our comings and goings, our preferences and purchases, we too are becoming part of that data graph. MORE >>

That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare, for example, runs only on iPhone and Android, though other versions are under development. use Brightkite and Foursquare on my iPhone, so I am describing the applications from this standpoint. Foursquare. Foursquare is very similar to Brightkite in functionality with a few major exceptions. Primary among these is that Foursquare is a game. The whole elaborate point system is described on Foursquare’s web site. MORE >>

Tweet During 2010, the location-based mobile platform Foursquare experienced great growth. Social Media check-ins Foursquare growth location-based mobile platform Social NetworkActually, this was a growth of 3400 %. Therefore, they have made an infographic to show where most check-ins took place around the globe, what the top train stations, wine bars and hotels were during the year, most popular brand pages and other fun facts. Since the numbers speak for themselves, there is not much more to say. So check out the infographic here: Similar Posts: We Love Facebook! MORE >>