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Foursquare Gives Users a Holiday Gift

Mindjumpers

It makes Foursquare even more social than earlier – and that’s what people want! However, the new features can only be experienced via the updated iPhone app and the web, but soon the service will also be available for Android and BlackBerry. They want to know what the users are asking for. New Video Sharing Site is Launched.

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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

Socialized

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. The Yelp iPhone app alone had around 1.25 I don’t think so.

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Social Media News Ticker: Instagram Launches Bolt, Foursquare Debuts New Logo, Facebook Drops Gifts

The Realtime Report

Check out all the latest social media news from the last two weeks, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Foursquare: Facebook. Foursquare. Mobile web, iPad, feature phone, Windows Phone, Paper, and desktop users can still message in their main Facebook apps or sites like before.

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Social Networking Stats: 42% of Those With Foursquare App Are Active Users, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 25 million users. 42% of Those Who Downloaded Foursquare App Use It Actively. Foursquare had 10.4 million users in July 2012 (on Android/iPhone), up from from 5-6 million per month from March through June. Foursquare usage in July was up 118% year-over-year. via Google. Tumblr: 83 million blogs.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

You can use most location-based services on your laptop, but they are more powerful and more useful on a mobile phone, like an iPhone, Android or BlackBerry. That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare. How Does It Know Where I Am? Brightkite.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches Paper, Twitter Tweaks Homepage Search, Foursquare Now Delivers

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare: Facebook launches mobile app Paper. Foursquare. Any social media updates we missed?

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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.