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Play by your own rules (Gowalla vs. Foursquare)

Play by your own rules (Gowalla vs. Foursquare) | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

A little over a year ago Josh Williams (of Gowalla) joined Facebook as a Product Manager. He works with the Pages, Location, and Events teams. After a decade of being the founder of three different companies, this has been a year of change for him. Have a look at his view on Gowalla and the check in wars with Foursquare.

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Are Pinterest And Foursquare The Real Deal Or Just Hype?

Are Pinterest And Foursquare The Real Deal Or Just Hype? | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Two of the most talked about startups in the tech world today are Pinterest and Foursquare. At IGNITION, SAI editor Alyson Shontell asked SV Angel's David Lee, Spark Capital's Bijan Sabet, and BoxGroup's David Tisch to weigh in on whether these companies were the real deal or just hype.
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Foursquare's Crowley on Automatic Check-Ins and Privacy: 'Just the Natural Progression'

Foursquare's Crowley on Automatic Check-Ins and Privacy: 'Just the Natural Progression' | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
foursquare users will get over any privacy concerns over automatic check-ins, co-founder dennis crowley said in the latest "#afewgoodminutes" interview.
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One Glaringly Obvious Way McDonald’s Has Failed at Foursquare

One Glaringly Obvious Way McDonald’s Has Failed at Foursquare | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
If you plan on beginning a marketing strategy, make sure all employees are well aware of the change. The last thing you want is to offend a customer by treating them like a thief or a crazy person. It’s bad for business and can generate some pretty quick, negative feedback, which can and will get around. (Sort of like this blog post.)

 

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Play by your own rules (Gowalla vs. Foursquare)

Play by your own rules (Gowalla vs. Foursquare) | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

A little over a year ago Josh Williams (of Gowalla) joined Facebook as a Product Manager. He works with the Pages, Location, and Events teams. After a decade of being the founder of three different companies, this has been a year of change for him. Have a look at his view on Gowalla and the check in wars with Foursquare.

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How FourSquare Works for Marketers

How FourSquare Works for Marketers | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Companies want to be able to know where you are at all times so they can hit you up with an ad/sale/coupon/offer/message when you are at or near certain locations. Mobile devices make this pretty easy to do -- Foursquare makes it even easier. .
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How To Make Foursquare Fun Again

How To Make Foursquare Fun Again | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

I don't know anything about Foursquare's fundraising plans--but as a user, I certainly hope the company lives to die another day.  Somewhere along the line, the product went from changing the way I interact with the real world around me--running into friends more often, choosing to go to stick to habits to maintain a Mayorship--to aiming its sights on Yelp.

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„Wir haben keine Angst vor Facebooks Graph Search“ - Hausbesuch bei Foursquare

„Wir haben keine Angst vor Facebooks Graph Search“ - Hausbesuch bei Foursquare | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Foursquare ein bloßer Check-In-Dienst? „Schon lange nicht mehr.“ Foursquare räumt auf mit dem Image eines netten aber nutzlosen Gamification-Startups. Leider habe man in Deutschland noch nicht ganz verstanden, was Foursquare wirklich ist.
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Location-based services: Where are we going next? QR-Codes and NFC.

Location-based services: Where are we going next? QR-Codes and NFC. | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Near Field Communication (NFC), rather than QR codes, is poised to transform location-based services. For reasons to do with usability, QR codes haven’t really taken off, either in higher education or the wider world. 

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Bartenders Get Your Foursquare Dossier

Bartenders Get Your Foursquare Dossier | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Foursquare has loads of data on users’ habits, but the information it can share with merchants has been tightly limited. Until now. Under the new priivacy policy set to take effect Jan. 28, far fewer limits are placed on those same merchants. They will be able to see information on more customers, according to an e-mail Foursquare sent to users Dec. 31, being able to see everyone who checked in over an unspecified period longer than the current three hours.

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NYC Foursquare Data Video « stadtnachacht

NYC Foursquare Data Video « stadtnachacht | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Das Thema »Big Data« und Möglichkeiten der »Handhabbarmachung« geobasierter Daten für die räumliche Analyse werden seit längerem und aus verschiedenen Richtungen diskutiert.

 

Hier ein Vortragsvideo mit Blake Shaw von »Foursquare«, das als standortbezogenes Netzwerk insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit dem freizeitbezogenen Nachtleben von Interesse ist. Foursquare ist ein Web- und Mobiltelefon-Applikation, die es registrierten Benutzern ermöglicht, sich mit Freunden zu verbinden und ihren aktuellen Standort bekanntzugeben

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Josh Williams On Why Facebook Acquired His Startup Gowalla To Put A “Nearby” Lens On 250M Geo-Posts/Month

Josh Williams On Why Facebook Acquired His Startup Gowalla To Put A “Nearby” Lens On 250M Geo-Posts/Month | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
"A location service only gets interesting when you get to a certain scale," and Foursquare isn't there yet says Josh Williams.
Achim Hepp's comment, December 25, 2012 1:05 PM
Ganz deiner Meinung mein Guter. Frohes Fest. :)
Markus Jakobs's comment, December 25, 2012 1:15 PM
Danke dir auch ein Frohes Fest. Hoffe wir sehen uns bald mal wieder . (bin immer noch kein Superuser 2 :-P )
Achim Hepp's comment, December 25, 2012 1:16 PM
Same here (SU2). Bis bald.
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Facebook Nearby is not a Foursquare killer yet

Facebook Nearby is not a Foursquare killer yet | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Facebook's new Nearby local search feature could become a Foursquare killer one day. So far, however, it's not as comprehensive, deep or personal for users.
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Navigon Navi-Apps unterstützen jetzt Foursquare (und Glympse)

Navigon Navi-Apps unterstützen jetzt Foursquare (und Glympse) | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Die Navigations-Apps von Navigon bzw. Garmin sind hierzulande gut bekannt und nun unterstützen die neuen Versionen der Navigon-Apps für iOS u.a. neben der iCloud (zum Speichern von Favoriten) auch die Dienste Glympse und auch Foursquare.
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Foursquare doesn't have a revenue problem -- it has a user intent problem

Foursquare doesn't have a revenue problem -- it has a user intent problem | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
Foursquare may be a great app, but it suffers from some fundamental deal-breaking paradoxes.
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More Departures At Foursquare, As Two Moonlighting Designers Leave To Pursue Their Side Project

More Departures At Foursquare, As Two Moonlighting Designers Leave To Pursue Their Side Project | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Two engineers recently left Foursquare to turn a side project into the main event, adding to a flow of talent out of the location service.

 

Pierre Valade and Jeremy Le Van have created Sunrise, a calendar they hope will put Apple's built-in one to shame. It's an app that stores your events in the cloud and syncs across multiple calendars and devices. It's received rave reviews from gadget reporters.

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Foursquare für die Tourismusbranche: Ein Interview mit Holger Luedorf von Foursquare

Foursquare für die Tourismusbranche: Ein Interview mit Holger Luedorf von Foursquare | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Wir wollen wissen, wie der Anbieter Foursquare die Zukunft des Dienstes im Bereich Tourismus sieht. Holger Luedorf, Vice President und Head of Business Development bei Foursquare, gibt uns in dem folgenden Interview Informationen dazu warum Foursquare für die Tourismusbranche so interessant ist und er erklärt, wie auch andere Destinationen Foursquare für ihre Marketingkampagnen nutzen können:

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The Geosocial Universe 3.0 [INFOGRAPHIC]

The Geosocial Universe 3.0 [INFOGRAPHIC] | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
In August 2010, JESS3 took one giant step for social with the introduction of The Geosocial Universe infographic. Last year, the map got updated.
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Faking Foursquare: A New App That Does Your Clubbing For You

Faking Foursquare: A New App That Does Your Clubbing For You | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

"I can finally be who I want you to think I am” is one of the testimonies emblazoned on the website of a new Foursquare app called CouchCachet–and it’s either the beginning of the end or the spark to lead us into the next stage of social networking.

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It Sounds Like Marissa Mayer Is Awfully Interested In Foursquare

It Sounds Like Marissa Mayer Is Awfully Interested In Foursquare | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley have been friendly for some time. It seems Mayer still thinks highly of Crowley and Foursquare. So highly, she might be eying his company for a potential acquisition.

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Remember, Dennis Crowley Could Have Sold Foursquare For $120 Million

Remember, Dennis Crowley Could Have Sold Foursquare For $120 Million | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

PrivCo, a research company, claims Foursquare will "fail by the end of 2013" and sell for "less than $50 million.". While that prediction seems like a stretch, Foursquare is clearly in a heap of trouble. What's worse, CEO Dennis Crowley had multiple opportunities to cash-in on the app back when things looked brighter.

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A Dire Prediction For Foursquare, With a Big Asterisk

A Dire Prediction For Foursquare, With a Big Asterisk | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Foursquare has long been a company whose cachet among tech scenesters seemed to exceed its traction among ordinary consumers and advertisers. But does that mean it's doomed? ivCo, the data and research firm that specializes in covering private companies, thinks so. In a list of 10 predictions for 2013 sent to clients today, PrivCo forecasts the failure of the location-based social city guide and its acquisition, at a fire-sale price, within the next 12 months.

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While Twitter and Facebook spar, Path, Foursquare, Tumblr, Quora, and Nextdoor should Voltron it up

While Twitter and Facebook spar, Path, Foursquare, Tumblr, Quora, and Nextdoor should Voltron it up | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Most vertical or niche versions of popular consumer websites fail. A few have ho-hum exits. But I’m hard pressed to think of many that become truly large companies. The biggest exception might be LinkedIn, which I’m sure was pitched as a Friendster for work at some point back in the day. Not only did LinkedIn survive — it outlasted the original company it was compared to and the entire early wave of social networks.

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Foursquare Checks In To Real Names And Sticks A Big Fork Into Pseudonymity

Foursquare Checks In To Real Names And Sticks A Big Fork Into Pseudonymity | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Less than a month after photo social network Instagram caughz huge flak over advertiser-friendly changes to its privacy policy (and claimed it was misunderstood), another social network, the location check-in service Foursquare, has announced revenue-friendly changes to its privacy policy. Except this time there is little ire.

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Location, Location, Location : Do You Really Want Your Facebook Friends To Know Where You Are?

You check in at Starbucks and lots of your friends hit the like button or broadcast your trip to Cancun by checking in on Facebook at the airport. Read about the dangers here.
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Foursquare adds deeper Facebook integration for recommending venues

Foursquare adds deeper Facebook integration for recommending venues | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it

Foursquare has been busy refreshing its app and moving beyond check-ins. The latest update adds recommendations from your Facebook friends based on their Foursquare activity (in order to see check-in data, you will still have to mutually be Foursquare friends).

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Dish.fm Consults Foursquare and Yelp to Help You Decide What to Order

Dish.fm Consults Foursquare and Yelp to Help You Decide What to Order | Eingecheckt | Scoop.it
What should you order for dinner? Dish.fm is a new iOS and web app that pulls from thousands of reviews on Yelp and Foursquare to help you decide specifically which dish is the best.
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