July 2012
1 post
For all of our amazing @foursquareAPI developers –... →
May 2012
3 posts
Foursquare partners with OpenTable to add... →
Changes coming to foursquare's "here now" feature... →
Three-quarters of smartphone owners use... →
April 2012
2 posts
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Tools creating tiles to use Google Maps API for...
If you are posting a large image on the web, you may want to give the user chance to zoom the image without any limits. Google Maps are great example - you just zoom in or out to get the right detail of view.
You may have seen usage of Google Maps API as an image viewer - you cut up very large images into tiles that than work with the Google Maps viewer interface. Look at this example, Google...
1 In 4 Facebook Users Add Location Tags To Posts →
On usage of Facebook location features. More on expanding Facebook location APIs there: http://www.insidefacebook.com/2012/04/05/200m-users-include-location-in-facebook-posts-company-looks-to-expand-location-apis/
March 2012
1 post
Dennis Crowley on Foursquare acquisition rumor →
Foursquare acqusition offer, Dennis’ career and more, interesting links!
February 2012
3 posts
Location-Based Marketing Whitepaper: Part I |... →
Comprehensive series of articles on geosocial services, published some time ago, but still valuable.
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Beautifull Storytelling Geosocial Case Studies
Storytelling with Geosocial View more presentations from Oliver Woods
Sharing on Foursquare →
This is detailed table of information shared on Foursquare with default privacy settings.
January 2012
1 post
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impressive location tracking and visualisation... →
December 2011
2 posts
Stats on mobile geosocial users →
Up to 20 million known smartphone users have downloaded geo-social apps, there are 90 million smartphone users aged 13 or older in the U.S. and more stats
November 2011
8 posts
Planes, trains, and automobiles! An infographic of... →
Google Geo Developers Blog: Understanding how the... →
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4sqmap - Share your Foursquare Lists on Google Map →
Foursquare users in India →
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Forget where you met your girlfriend? Intersquares... →
You can combine your checkin history with another person’s and find places where you met!
Google's Location-Based Social Annotations →
Google enhances (sometimes) social recommendation with geolocation. Haven’t seen live, probably has been rolled only for United States
Check in on foursquare by marking your territory.... →
Urinate on a sensor and checkin on Foursquare!
October 2011
6 posts
Buy and sell foursquare venues with web-based game... →
Very cool “real life” game based on Foursquare checkins
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Look at nearby Foursquare venues on Google Map →
The application allows the user to find nearby venues based on a number of categories (food, nightlife, entertainment and shopping). Each venue shown on the map includes the address, the total number of foursquare check-ins, live check-ins and the number of opinions.
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On demographics of Foursquare and other check-in... →
More than three-quarters (76.3 percent) were checking-in from smartphones. Around 36.6 percent of users checked-in from an Android device, 33.7 percent checked-in from an iPhone and 22 percent did so from a BlackBerry device.
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Make a timeline on Google Maps →
Track your Foursquare checkins using Google... →
Stupidly easy hack
Yelp expands in Europe as the location reviews... →
September 2011
7 posts
Announcing the global hackathon winners! |... →
So many cool Foursquare apps!
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Foursquare Hack Switches Your Profile Photo Based... →
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Color Bets Its Future on Facebook →
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Street View Image API →
Homes on foursquare : foursquare Support →
Details on privacy settings of “home” venues on Foursquare.
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On the spatial memory of people →
“The hippocampus is the area of the brain used for spatial memory and navigation, and is generally larger in taxi drivers than in the general population.”
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On adoption of LBS in America →
August 2011
7 posts
Some place list harmonization projects →
Is Foursquare's Dennis Crowley Silicon Alley's... →
Interesting story of Dennis Crowley…
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DYI aerial mapping →
foursquare’s data and the Explore recommendation... →
Foursquare's Growth, Merchant Platform, Revenue -... →
Interview, Dennis also on Foursquare’s business model
8 Cool Marketing Campaigns Using Facebook Places →
6 Successful Foursquare Marketing Campaigns to... →
6 basic tips of Foursquare promotion success. Interesting one with real case study of a give away.
July 2011
3 posts
Foursquare Ups The Price Of Custom Badge Program,... →
On price of Foursquare custom badges
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Google LatLong: Geo Developers at Google I/O 2011 →
Google announced the “Geo APIs Summer Learning Series” on the Geo Developers Blog. Over the coming weeks, each related talk from Google I/O will be getting its own blog post from the session speaker, pulling in what was discussed at I/O and then digging deeper into the technical content.
June 2011
22 posts
Mashable Reaches 100,000 Foursquare Followers →
YouTube - Coca-Cola - The Recycling King, Facebook... →
Recycling campaing using Facebook Places.
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Factual and SimpleGeo Team Up to Offer Developers... →
A new strategic partnership announced between two of the leading geo-data startups, Factual and SimpleGeo: SimpleGeo will now be incorporating Factual’s global places data into its Places API.
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On Business Usage of Foursquare →
10M Users of Foursquare- Infographics →
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Mapping online behavior to offline spend →
