Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match by Adam Sherk on February 9, 2010 Now that Foursquare is all the rage (or the bane of existence if you don’t like all those check-in and badge tweets invading your Twitter stream) news sites are looking at how best to leverage location-based social networks. The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. d love to see a partnership between The New York Times and Foursquare. MORE >>

Facebook's Like button is becoming ubiquitous, and there are many sites that let you review movies you've seen, give star ratings to products you've purchased and restaurants you've visited. Yelp , Amazon and Rotten Tomatoes have built successful businesses with reviews at the core. Reviews are also a major reason I became so hooked on Blippy - not just getting to share my purchase habits, but to tell you why and learn from your own experience. It turns out louisgray.com has racked up 10 reviews - most positive. You can follow Bubbalon on Twittter at @bubbalon. MORE >>

Not to be left out of the social media conversations and Super Bowl hype foursquare has partnered with the NFL.com to reward foursquare users who check into the actual Super Bowl game in Texas with a special badge. For everyone else watching the big game, you can shout “Go Steelers” or “Go Packers” with your foursquare check-in to unlock a Steelers or Packers team badge. You can watch the News14 interview here: Foursquare offers ‘Super’ deals for football fans. But what if you’re not using foursquare? It’s a much watch startup. MORE >>

Not because I like technology for technology sake but rather because I see real business value that companies like Gowalla, FourSquare, Whrrl and even Twitter and Facebook are starting to provide through their offerings. No&# tells why he turned down Foursquare - When I interviewed Bob Ackerman (co-founder of Allegis Capital) a couple of years ago I called him “Mr. days ago Lucky Startups (2) min video: @PeterShankman “what are you doing for them?&#.lately Quick'n'Dirty Episode 45: Talkin' BSides Are FourSquare and Gowalla Just Shiny Objects? MORE >>

Applications such as Brightkite , Foursquare , Gowala and Yelp are examples of finding places of interest. But companies like Groupon, Gilt, and other group buying and private sale startups are changing the money flow. Let’s focus on the main function each of these different startups provide to understand how bringing them together will ultimately disrupt multiple trillion dollar industries: Facebook: provides the Social Graph, which is fast becoming a utility. Yelp: provides crowdsourced reviews of local businesses. Emerging Technologies are Pointing to Local. MORE >>