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Foursquare CEO Crowley: “We Do Location Better Than Anybody Else”
Foursquare has come a long way from its early days as a social “check-in” app. Along the way, the company repositioned its app as a...
Google Redesigns Maps, Adds OpenTable Reservations, Uber Estimates
Google continues to evolve its Maps for mobile. It has gone well beyond the rudimentary local search and navigation product it once was and...
Foursquare: 55 Million Users, 54 Percent Lift Since Relaunch
Whether it’s all part of the master plan or more opportunistic, Foursquare is undertaking a “multimillion-dollar effort” to...
New Foursquare App Bets The Company On Personalization
After months of anticipation, the new Foursquare app has finally arrived. It will be available this morning from the three major app stores. The...
Foursquare “Experts” Reintroduces Gamification Into New App
In order to broaden its appeal Foursquare has been backing away from its origins as a “check-in app” for a long time. The banishment...
Foursquare Sneak Previews New “Personalized Local Search” & Moves All Check-Ins To Swarm
If you’ve been one of the few fearless folks holding out from updating their Foursquare app, your days are numbered. In a blog post and an...
Foursquare To Charge For Local Database — Will Partners Balk?
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Foursquare will soon be charging a small number of partners to use its Venue Database....
Foursquare To Move Check-ins Into “Swarm” App, To Focus Better On Local Discovery
Foursquare is doing something surprising, even radical. It’s removing some of the legacy features (i.e., check-ins) from its app and...
Microsoft’s $15 Million Check-in: Will Redmond Buy Foursquare?
Microsoft has invested $15 million in Foursquare and said it will license the former’s location data according to news released yesterday....
4 Go-Tos To Make Online Reviews Work For Your Business
By now, everyone knows that online reviews can have a tremendous impact on consumers’ purchasing decisions. Ultimately, a single review...
Foursquare Gives iPhone Users Real-Time Recommendations & Rolls Out 2 New Search Features
Foursquare announced three new upgrades today. The location sharing app has extended its ‘Real-Time Recommendations‘ to iPhone...
Foursquare Adds Menu Items To Search Capability
Foursquare has added the ability to search for particular menu items. The underlying menu data come from partners Locu and SinglePlatform, now...
Foursquare Aims To Improve Venue Database By Expanding Superuser Program
Foursquare’s superuser program, now 40,000 people strong, is getting an overhaul. The company says it’ll soon launch an automated...
Foursquare Now: Update Intros Location-Aware Alerts
Call it “Foursquare Now.” Today, the company announced that it would begin rolling out a new push recommendations feature, initially...
Foursquare Updates Android & iOS App With New “Super-Specific” Search Filters
Foursquare has added new search filters that allow Android and iOS users to make “super-specific” searches, filtering by price,...
Search Takes On Even Greater Role In Foursquare 6.0
This morning, Foursquare is rolling out version 6.0 of its app. It puts a new search box “front and center” at the top of the screen...
Foursquare Improves Android App, Makes Search More Prominent
Foursquare has introduced a new version of its Android app. As the company says in its blog post there are three primary changes: More prominent...
Foursquare Responds To Facebook Nearby By Tapping Facebook’s Friend Graph
Foursquare has made a quick response to Monday’s announcement of Facebook Nearby, with its own announcement today that Foursquare Explore...
Facebook Gets Into Local Search With “Facebook Nearby” For iOS & Android
As of today, you can count Facebook as a potentially significant new competitor in local search — on mobile devices. The company is...
What Is Foursquare’s SEO Strategy?
Two weeks ago, Foursquare launched a new version of its homepage which Greg Sterling touted as “taking on Yelp” by adding a search...
