I know what you’re thinking – Mr. Crowley over there at Foursquare must have seen our blog post last month and realized he needed to step up his game. You’re welcome, big guy. News broke today that Foursquare has officially partnered with Groupon, along with five other daily deal competitors like LivingSocial, to offer users [...]
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CONFESSIONS OF A FACEBOOK NARCISSIST: A CASE FOR FACEBOOK PLACES
My name is Jessica and I suffer from Chronic Facebook Overshare Syndrome. Alarmingly contagious, this condition manifests itself in the form of daily status updates, mobile uploads, and what some have called an overzealous number of Places check-ins. Not to mention unseen side effects like the compulsive need to hit refresh on “Most Recent News,” [...]
FOURSQUARE ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO REVOKE MAYORSHIPS
Businesses running Foursquare mayor specials have had to contend with cheating by users for some time now. And, up until this point, there has been no sure-fire way to take cheaters out of the running for Foursquare mayorships, despite some notable efforts by the location-based social network. However, it looks like cheating may no longer such an issue on the site.
FACEBOOK PLACES BRINGS PAGES REDESIGN
*Updated August 24, 2010* AllFacebook has released some additional details about the merging of a brand’s Facebook Page and Place. Here’s what we’ve learned thus far:
In order to begin the merge process, business owners will first be asked to visit their Place to claim that business as their own. The easiest way to do this is [...]
FACEBOOK PLACES HAS CHECKED IN
*Updated August 24, 2010* It finally happened. During an over-the-top press conference on August 18th, Facebook launched what many have dubbed as its “Foursquare Killer,” Facebook Places.
Once fully rolled out, Places will allow Facebook’s millions of users to “check-in” to the physical locations they visit via their mobile devices, and then broadcast their locations to [...]
FOURSQUARE MAKES IT EVEN EASIER FOR BUSINESSES TO GET INVOLVED
Today, Foursquare rolled out a series of new tools aimed at compelling more businesses to take advantage of customers checking in at their locations.
Starting today, when you visit a venue’s page on Foursquare you will see a link asking if you are the manager of the business.
If you are, Foursquare makes it easy for you [...]
FOURSQUARE CHANGES PREVENT CHEATING MAYORS (AT LEAST THE ONLINE KIND)
Earlier this week, Foursquare announced a new change which will prevent users from cheating by checking into locations when they are not actually present at the said site. Previously, users could check in to locations from the comfort of their homes, and still earn points, badges, mayorships and venue specials, whether or not they were [...]
