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Foursquare 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 | ShareSocial Media and the New World – how it is changing out lives
Since the inception of Social Media – there has been alot of hype. A new industry, a new market. Full of experts and professionals from day1. Have a look at this infograph on how Social Media is changing our lives with Blogs, Video, Social Networking, Geolocation, Mobile, Forums, Online Communities and so on. Infograph source: […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare V2.0 released for iPhone
Foursquare have released the latest update update to their iPhone application – version 2.0. We always knew V2.0 was going to be a big release and there are a number of new features and the overall presentation of the app has changed somewhat. A couple noticeable changes include: – a whole new to-do list which […]
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 […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare fires a privacy shot across Facebook’s bow
Yesterday we all got word that Facebook is announcing their location services application like Foursquare. My gut told me that if Facebook did announce a location/checkin system that privacy would be a big concern— If Facebook launches “location services” would you use them? —and it looks like I was on the mark because Foursquare posted […]
Read More | ShareBarbie Joins Foursquare as Celebrity Guest
Barbie doll has joined Foursquare (and also Twitter) so promote the new Video Girl ambition Barbie. This new Barbie will be able to record video which you can download and edit on your computer + all the original things Barbie can do. Barbie will be a celebrity Foursquare user to entice location-based scavenger hunts. These […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare Founders walk away with $4.6 million from VC funding
In the second round of Venture Capitalist funding, Foursquare Co-Founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai have walked away with $4.6 million USD jointly from the $20 million given. Foursquare has said the founders sold shares so that investors could buy more. This allowed the Venture Capitalist to reach their desired equity level in the company. […]
Read More | ShareTweetDeck Hits 15 Million Downloads
TweetDeck is the most popular 3rd party Twitter client and yesterday celebrated 15 million downloads of their desktop software. This makes them 5 times more popular than their closest rival. Their iPhone application has also been downloaded 2.5 million times. TweetDeck has said their software generates four million tweets, status updates and buzz posts per […]
Read More | Share3 Mobile gives free access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare
Similar to other telco’s – 3 Mobile has announced customers on post-paid cap plans will now get free mobile internet access to social networking sites including Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare. Due to the popularity of social networking sites 3 is making this offer available with no time limits or data limits – you […]
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