Foursquare has long been the leader in location based platforms and to generate revenue, CEO Dennis Crowley the company will monetize by offering targeted deals to millions of businesses. How targeted deals will work is very simple: Merchants can target discounts to specific user groups. For example, repeat customers or even new customers. Users will discover…
Foursquare Debuts ‘Comment Now!’ Feature, Delivers ‘Always On’ Friend Check-Ins Regardless Of Distance
Foursquare has rolled out a new feature called Comment Now which allows users to set friend check-in notifications to “Always on” regardless of the Foursquare followers distance from the user. In a company blog post Foursquare wrote: “Have friends or family that live in another city, state, or country? Now you can choose to receive notifications when they check…
Foursquare Check-Ins From Big East Conference [Infographic]
Alabama, USC, LSU, Oregon and Oklahoma may be at the top of the Associated Press’s college football rankings, but which teams lead the nation in Foursquare check-ins after the first week of the season? You can find out all of that and more from this neat little infographic from digital marketing firm Silverpop, which tracked…
Foursquare Accidentally Gives Everyone “I Love Windows Phone” Badge
Location based services app Foursquare goofed up this week when they accidentally gave the “I Love Windows Phone” badge to random users who performed check-ins on the service. The mistake was realized when people started leaving tweets that included: “Not sure how. I’m an Apple girl.” and “How did I do this with a Blackberry?.”…
#Mom Foursquare App Lets Your Mom Know Where You Are
A new third-party Foursquare app called #Mom has launched with a simple premise, keeping your mom in the know about your whereabouts. The service works by connecting your moms phone number to your Foursquare account at hashtagmom.com. Once signed up you can send your mom a check-in notice or short accompanying message via call or text.…
Foursquare Launches Explore Tabs For Desktop Users
Known primarily as a mobile application to most users Foursquare on Wednesday took a big leap in bolstering the company’s desktop space by adding its “Explore” feature for Desktop users. Originally planned for launch as part of Foursquare 3.0 in March 2011 the tab program replaces Tips and allows users to find recommendations about food,…
Foursquare Users Now Checking In 3 Million Times Per Day, Attracts Half A Million Merchants
In February Foursquare announced that 2 million check-ins were being performed on a daily basis and now CEO Dennis Crowley has revealed that the location based service is racking up 3 million check-ins per day. Given the company’s user base of 10 million customers that’s a 30% rate per day, a number that should calm…
Foursquare Brings Notification Tray To iOS Devices
Foursquare on Friday rolled out their new notification tray for iOS devices, several weeks after the company announced the same update for Google Android devices. The notification tray shows new activity as it occurs such as check-ins, comments and other updates from your friends accounts. The program is simple to use, just click on the…
Foursquare Passes 500,000 Merchant Accounts [Milestone]
After announcing that their location based platform has surpassed 10 million users, Foursquare on Thursday revealed that more than 500,000 merchant accounts have now been added to their program. The company on their official blog post highlighted some of the company’s most creative brand partners such as American Express who are effectively using Foursquare to make customers…
World of Fourcraft Turns Foursquare and GMaps Into an Online Version of ‘Risk’
A new Foursquare hack combines the Google Maps API with the popular location-aware worldwide game to create a game of Risk-like proportions. Mostly in New York City. (Yes, a few miles east and I am planted firmly in “Here Be Dragons” zone, a glitch for which I have tweeted at the World of Fourcraft Twitter…
Luxury Comes To Foursquare: Ritz-Carlton Checks In
Last week we announced that American Express, the premiere credit card for business and high-end users had checked into Foursquare and this week the company has announced a new luxury partner in the Ritz-Carlton brand. The company, which was quick to grab up @RitzCarlton on Twitter and engage users on Facebook before their competitors has…
Security Firm Will Update Your Facebook When You’re Out to Discourage Theives
There’s a tremendous amount of hand-wringing around the concept of Facebook updates, location aware apps, and the potential for thieves to find out you’re not home and go in to steal your stuff. In the years I’ve been covering social media, I remember specifically two incidents where this has actually occurred. But it hasn’t stopped…
Foursquare, AmEx Team Up to Offer User Discounts
Foursquare began, and succeeded, by basically offering digital merit badges to users for multiple check-ins at local places and offering a nice little competitive game with little other benefit than bragging rights. Still, it caught on pretty hard. The site has exceeded 10 million users, and eventually expanded to offer discounts and incentives for frequent visitors…
Foursquare Passes 10 Million Users [Infographic]
It’s official, Foursquare has passed 10 million users, making them the first location based social network to reach the major milestone. In celebration of their achievement the company posted an Infographic on their official blog which celebrates their accomplishments. Among the sites coolest facts: It took five months to reach just 100,000 users and in…