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Foursquare v Gowalla [FACTS]
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Over the past year there has been lot of talk about Geolocation mobile services Foursquare and Gowalla. There are more players in this space but these 2 hold a majority of the location market. A recent report by RJMetrics compared the services via their API data. Some key facts to note: – Foursquare now has […]
Read More | ShareAir New Zealand offering Foursquare specials
Air New Zealand is offering customers special deals when they check in on Foursquare. The way the promotion works is if you become a mayor of any of their 12 Airport venues you are given free access to their Koru lounges which is like ‘business class lounge’ in Australia. Some of the venues include: Auckland […]
Read More | ShareWhen will we see this sort of Social Media advertising in Australia?
I received a tip recently from John Oates, Project Manager, Vayner Media in the US. On July 1st, the start of NBA free agency, The Nets’ launched a 225 x 95 foot painted wall at the corner of 34th & 8th in NYC, just a few blocks from New York Penn Station, and more notably, […]
Read More | ShareNew Geolocation mobile app launched, Loopt
A new social Geolocation mobile app has launched – Loopt. Similar to Gowalla and Foursquare, Loopt is more social in that it lets you chat and interact with users around you. Currently the app is available on the iPhone. To download the App goto: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/loopt/id281952554 The app is also available on the iPad and is […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare reaches 1 Million check-ins per day
Foursquare has now reached 1 Million check-ins per day coming from around 1.8 million global users. This shows a good % of Foursquare’s user base is accessing their product on a daily basis. Foursquare recently got $20 million in a second-round venture capitalist investment mainly by Andreessen Horowitz, valuing the company at around $95 million. […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare updates app for iOS4 – version 1.9
Foursquare has updated their iPhone application to be fully compatible with the new iOS4 operating system. This is version 1.9 of the Foursquare iPhone app. Upgraded features include fast app switching, high resolution pictures and icons for the iPhone 4?s retina display, and a map views. The Map view allows you to view where all […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare secures $20 million in VC funding
Foursquare has completed their second round of Venture Capitalist funding – securing $20 million mainly from VC firm Andreessen Horowitz. There has been speculation that Facebook or Yahoo was going to purchase funding but this latest move puts that issue to rest. Foursquare now employs 27 people and is close to reaching 1.8 million users […]
Read More | ShareFacebook ready to launch Location Based Services
There has been alot of competition lately location-based services (LBS) market (applications such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite) and that has now sparked interested from Facebook Twitter has just launched their own Twitter location features showing they too want to capitalise on this rapidly expanding segment. That moves the whole Twitter service one step close to […]
Read More | ShareAvoid looking like a dickhead on Foursquare, Gowalla
With any new social media tool comes new social media users – and stuff ups! Location-based (Geo-location) social media applications like Foursquare and Gowalla are starting to become mainstream tools for everyday users. You need to understand the products and act ‘appropriately’ to avoid looking like a dickhead. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego? […]
Read More | ShareTwitter joining the Location game
Similar to Foursquare and Gowalla – Twitter is now creating their own location services for user tweets. Users will be able to tag tweets with specific locations and also create new locations – much like Foursquare and Gowalla. When you click on the location below the tweet you will be presented a small window with […]
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