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Foursquare Review: Why You Should Check In

Bill Hartzer

When I’m traveling around town, sometimes I like to stop in a coffee shop , and get something to drink, or stop over at a local restaurant for a bite to eat. Well, that’s the basic premise behind Foursquare. Foursquare is a social networking website that works off the location of its users.

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. Metro will provide Foursquare with location-specific editorial content such as reviews, tips and articles on points of interest. I’d love to see a partnership between The New York Times and Foursquare.

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Social Media in the Industry: Customization is the Key to Success

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

On top of that, let’s add all of the other social networks out there including Linkedin, Foursquare, Myspace, Friendster, Tumblr, YouTube and the list goes on. Restaurants are big review targets, so it’s likely if you have a restaurant that you already have some Yelp and/or Google reviews out there. Foursquare!

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10 Tips For Taking A Vacation From Social Media

SocMed Sean

7) Buy a guidebook featuring popular restaurants, tourist destinations, maps, and travel tips – I know it seems old-fashioned, but having a physical book will help keep you off Google Maps, Yelp, Foursquare, and Urban Spoon. Stop relying on user reviews on the Web and mobile applications and ask the locals.

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50 Great Apps for Your iPad

Dave Fleet

Great way to save multi-task while travelling. Foursquare – iPhone app for the popular location-based social network. Kayak – Pulls in prices from numerous travel sites, including Travelocity (#client). Kayak – Pulls in prices from numerous travel sites, including Travelocity (#client).

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Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh'My

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh’My I’ve become obsessed with location based applications for my iPhone. Foursquare caught my attention a year ago when most of my network that attended SXSW started updating their profiles with their locations all over Austin.

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Starbucks – It’s Time to Brew Some Tweets

Waxing UnLyrical

Considering how active we all are on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, when Starbucks opens its Delhi location, I’m sure I’ll be among the first customers to visit them, and of course check-in at Foursquare/Facebook and tweet about it too! 67% of Indians who are on the web use online reviews to help them make purchases.