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Foursquare partners with Bay Area Rapid Transit

Today, BART announced a partnership with location-based social network Foursquare. BART will award $25 promotional tickets each month for the next three months to riders chosen at random from all the riders who have logged Foursquare check-ins at BART stations, starting in November. Foursquare...

Tags: Station, Bay Area, Foursquare, BART, Business Structures, Social Networking, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

Interesting Article, Cool ServiceThis was a great interview. I am excited to see where Gowalla will lead. Foursquare was fun, but the Gowalla experience is really on another level. As a user and business this has some real potential. Great job Josh. I look forward...

Tags: Games, game, Gowalla

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Foursquare adds firehose to home page

Incredibly addictive geo-location social network Foursquare has a new home page. This reminds of the days when Twitter used to have the public timeline on their front door. Foursquare also added a button to their new business page, an...

Tags: Home Page, Foursquare, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Foursquare has a business model before Twitter

If Twitter is the what, Foursquare is the where, but now there is more incentive to use the latter. They have put in more work than Twitter on the business front, allowing local businesses to give discounts and specials for heavy users. ...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Foursquare, Food & Beverage, Pricing, Games, Marketing Research, Strategy, Manufacturing, Marketing, Personal Technology, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-09-21

Six hazards of playing Foursquare

Employee of the month and privacy thoughtsGreat article and I'm somewhat a Foursquare junkie too at the moment. A business could always add a second listing for themselves for employees to use. i.e. Bob's Bar - San Jose and Bob's Bar - San Jose EMP and put the emp...

Tags: Foursquare

Discussion threads 2009-09-21

Foursquare: New apps, new businesses, nixed rumors... why aren't you playing yet?

Foursquare is part friend finder, part social city guide and part socializing game. It also provides small businesses a way to benefit from social media. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Foursquare, Games, Personal Technology, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Literally follow your friends with foursquare

If Twitter asks "What are you doing?", foursquare asks, "Where are you and what's on your mind?" The reason Twitter blew up a few years ago at SxSW is because everybody there joined it. Everybody was going to parties and tweeting where they...

Tags: Twitter, App, SXSW, Foursquare, iPhone App, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-03-14

Foursquare 1.0 (Mobile)

Foursquare is an iPhone application which allows you to see where your friends are, learn about the places they frequent and unlock rewards as you travel through the city. Note: The "Download Now" link directs you to the iTunes App Store, where you must continue the download process. You must...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Naveenium, Foursquare, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-11

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News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...

Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Trendsmap: Real time local Twitter trends

Do you ever open a web browser and just want to know what's going on in your area? Real-time search is getting more interesting by the day, but it's even more important when it's local to you. Trendsmap is on top of it....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Trendsmap, Web Site Development, Collaboration, Blogging, Search, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-04

News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-24

News to know: Twitter DMs; New Neutrality; Zimbra; Dell-Perot; Palm; Foursquare

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Michael Krigsman: Are Twitter direct messages safe? Richard Koman: FCC to announce net neutrality principles ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Twitter Inc., Information Technology, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Zimbra, Mary Jo Foley, Net Neutrality, Perot Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Serial ATA, Corporate Law, Web Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations, Management

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Six hazards of playing Foursquare

Once I pull my head out of the clouds, I really do have to face the hard truth: Foursquare has some issues. by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Hazard, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-09-21

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

ICFGPal 1.0 (Mobile)

Has anyone ever asked you where the term "Foursquare" came from? Or just wondered yourself?Now you can have an answer right at your finger tips.ICFGPal was designed as a tool to be used for sharing the mission of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.Tap your way through five major...

Tags: Mission, Mobile, PalmsUp, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08

Quick'n'Dirty podcast comes alive today

It's that time. The Quick'n'Dirty Social Media podcast with Aaron Strout launches today. Listen in at 3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET at BlogTalkRadio! We're pretty excited about it -- and we're also really excited about our new logo, designed by Kenneth Lim. Thanks Kenneth! While...

Tags: Podcasts, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-04

New podcast shows simpler yet edgier side of social media

There are a lot of podcasts about social media. There are great ones, and there are not-so-great ones. On June 4, a new great one will debut if I do say so myself. The Quick'n'Dirty podcast because social media does not have to be complicated will debut...

Tags: Social Media, Podcasts, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Facebookers: Choose your words more carefully

At the FourSquare Conference in New York put on by the private investment firm Quadrangle, Facebook CFO Gideon Yu made a gonzo statement that is being picked apart by the blogosphere. As reported by Sam Gustin of Portfolio, who apparently was the only journalist to witness the...

Tags: Facebook, Advertisement, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-08