Category: Foursquare
Foursquare raises another $50 million VC funding
Geolocation Mobile App – Foursquare recently hit 10 million users worldwide and is signing deals with major companies who want to integrate with Foursquare on an almost weekly basis. Foursquare has now raised another $50 Million USD from tech venture capitalists; Andreessen-Horowitz, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Union Square Ventures, as well as Spark Capital. Rougly 1 […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare releases Version 3.1 iOS Update
Just as we were talking about Foursquare in Sydney yesterday, Foursquare has now released an update of their iOS app – version 3.1. It has actually been awhile since Foursqure has released an update to their iPhone app. The update seems on minor, but useful: – a new display so you can easily view your […]
Read More | ShareHow is Foursquare going in Sydney?
It’s been a little while since we have spoken about how Foursquare is going in Sydney and around Australia. Foursquare seemed to really take off in Australia throughout 2010, now we are not hearing all that much about the Geolocation Service. There is no doubt in America usage is still strong, especially as Media Companies […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare updates iOS app, 3.0.1 – gets HTTPS encryption
Geolocation mobile application, Foursquare has just released version 3.0.1 of their iPhone/ iOS application. The new version fixes a few small bugs that the last major update, V3 unveiled. Foursquare has also taken extra security measures for its users by using HTTPS by default across smartphone applications, mobile site and even regular websites. That’s right, […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare 3.0 Released for iPhone/ iPad
Geolocation application, Foursquare – has released version 3.0 of their iPhone/ iPad application. This is a whole new design and comes with 3 main areas of improvement and development. 1. Personalised Recommendations Using data from your friends and the entire Foursquare community (check-ins and tips), there is now a new explore tab that will give […]
Read More | ShareCreate your own Infograph with Foursquare
Geolocation and mobile application – Foursquare, has had a 3rd party developer build a web app that will quickly build you an Infograph from your Foursqure check-in and user data. To build your own infograph goto: www.fourgraph.me and sign in with your Foursquare credentials. This tool was developed recently at a Foursquare ‘hacker’ day at […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare now with 6 million members and valued at $250 million
Foursquare now has 60 staff members supporting a user base of 6 million members globally. Co-Founder Naveen Selvadurai says the company is now with $250 million USD and no interesting in going public at the moment. Foursquare has attracted some of the largest retail brands in in America and is expected to hit 10 million […]
Read More | ShareCoca-Cola Australia marketing via Foursquare
Coca-Cola Australia has started a marketing initiative on Foursquare whereby users check into various venues and are given hints to find a winning coke bottle in a certain vending machine. The concept is called ‘The Coke Machine Fairy’ and also spans across to Twitter. It will be difficult to find this winning Coke bottle – […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare passes 3 Million user registrations
Mobile based social network, Foursquare has now passed 3 million user registrations globally. Whilst Foursquare’s popularity in Australia has not grown significantly over the past couple months, the USA and Europe continue to lead the way with new user signups. Its estimated that around 16,000 people join the mobile service each day now. It is […]
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New Geolocation service Scoville goes into Private Beta
Scoville, a new Geolocation service has launched which allows users to share their favourite Foursquare check-ins with their connections, and comment/discuss them. Scoville is integrated directly into the Foursquare API and can access your Fousquare friends list (and also Twitter and Facebook if you wish). The aim of the service is for you to create […]
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