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Apple, Google TV, Foursquare to Face Malware Attacks in 2011, Says McAfee

December 28th, 2010 | No Comments

Cyber-criminals will target Apple products, Google TV, geo-location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla, and other social media sites in 2011, far more than traditional e-mail methods, said McAfee Labs researchers. – Researchers at McAfee Labs predicted on Dec. 28 that
cyber-criminals will target the latest and talked about online platforms,
including Google TV, Apples iPhone, and foursquare, in 2011.
Noting that the threats landscape has quot;changed
considerably quot; in 2010, McAfee Labs 2011 Threat Pred…

Google, Foursquare Unbowed by Facebook Deals Location Service

November 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Google doesn’t have anything like Facebook Deals, and Foursquare will have a hard time keeping up with Facebook’s network. Yet neither Google nor Foursquare is scared. – Facebook Deals could bridge the gap that exists between local merchants and
online advertising, as the social network’s massive user base of 500
million-plus people provides fertile ground to match businesses with consumers.

Google doesn’t have anything like Deals, a service Foursquare will be …

Facebook Deals Threatens Google Places, Foursquare, Gowalla

November 5th, 2010 | No Comments

Facebook Deals is a shot across the collective bows of Google, whose Places local search is on the rise, and check-in services Foursquare and Gowalla. – Facebook isn’t lavishing kisses on Foursquare, Gowalla, Google or any other
company with a mind to compete in making money from local businesses with its
new Facebook Deals service.
Facebook Deals connects U.S.
consumers with local businesses via the Facebook Places check-in social service. iPh…

Vlingo for Android Gets Foursquare Check-Ins

September 3rd, 2010 | No Comments

A new Vlingo feature lets users check in to Foursquare by speaking into a smartphone running Android 2.0 or later. – Vlingo
is finding new ways to differentiate its software for smartphones based on
Google’s voice search application.

The company Sept. 2 released a new feature for its Vlingo for Android application
that lets users check in to Foursquare simply by speaking into their smartphone
running Androi…

Foursquare, MTV Push STD Testing with Check-In Badge

September 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Foursquare teams up with MTV to use the popular mobile social network application to reduce the spread of STDs and lessen the stigma of testing. – Foursquare, the location-based social network for mobile device users, and MTV
are working together to reduce the spread of STDs by encouraging people
to visit clinics, get tested and display an quot;STD-free quot; electronic badge
in their Foursquare accounts.
quot;The badge can be unlocked b…

Facebook Places Launches for iPhone, Challenges Foursquare, Gowalla

August 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Facebook Aug. 18 launched Facebook Places, a geolocation service that lets users share where they are and what they are doing with friends. The ACLU is already complaining. – Facebook Aug. 18 unveiled its long-awaited geotagging service, an effort
that could move the market for location-based services forward considerably even
as it threatens startups such as Foursquare and Gowalla.
Similar to Foursquare and Gowalla, Facebook Places lets users quot;check
in quot; to…

Foursquare Users Are Mobile Male Geeks, Forrester Finds

August 1st, 2010 | No Comments

Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite are highly hyped but have yet to reach their potential for Web marketers. Though just a few million users are consuming such applications each month, the ceiling is high, especially for Facebook and Twitter. – Location-based social networks such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Brightkite
are buoyed by a lot of hype that has yet to reach its potential for Web
marketers, but some 84 percent of users surveyed are not familiar with these
applications at all.
That’s the gist of a market research report from Fo…

Foursquare Hawking Data to Google, Yahoo, Bing

July 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley says his location-based services startup is looking to ink data deals with indexing and search providers Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Bing. – Foursquare is looking to
ink data deals with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Bing in the search market, according
to the company’s CEO.
Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley told the Telegraph July
19 that his location-based services startup, which lets users earn badges by
checking into bars and restaura…

Foursquare Banks $20M to Fuel Location-based Service

June 30th, 2010 | No Comments

Foursquare June 29 said it raised $20 million in funding from Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. The money will be used to help the location-based Web service hire more engineers and build out infrastructure to expand its appeal beyond today’s 1.8 million users. Foursquare, along with Google, Twitter, Gowalla, Brightkite, Loopt and others, is seriously investing in location-based services to stimulate more interaction among users. The idea is that the advertisers will then go where the users are. – Location-based service Foursquare June 29 said it raised $20 million
in series B funding from Union Square Ventures, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and
Andreessen Horowitz.
Foursquare’s 1.8 million users vie for points, badges, mayor status and sometimes discounts by checking into bars and restauran…

Twitter Places Launches with Support for Foursquare, Gowalla Check-ins

June 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Twitter June 14 launched its Places feature to let users tag tweets with specific places they’re posting from. Twitter users can click the "Tweets about a place" tab in a Twitter Place within a tweet to see recent tweets from a location.
The microblog service also integrated Places with Foursquare and Gowalla. Users of those location-based Web services who publish check-ins to Twitter will see Twitter Places associated with tweets generated by these services. –

Twitter June 14 launched its Places geolocation
feature for its desktop and mobile Website to let users tag tweets with specific places
they’re posting from.
The idea is to boost the context and relevance of the
microblog service beyond the construct of typing 140 characters in a box. …

Foursquare Hasn’t Won the Location War vs. Google, Facebook, Execs Say

May 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Foursquare has not cornered the nascent location-based social service war, executives from Google, Facebook and Foursquare asserted at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York May 25. While the panelists provided politic answers, the truth behind the scenes is likely more cutthroat. These companies are scrambling to lure more users and advertising partners willing to leverage location. Google’s Vic Gundotra promised more features from Latitude this year. – Foursquare has not cornered the nascent location-based
social service war, executives from Google, Facebook and Foursquare
asserted at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in New York May 25.
TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington asked Vic Gundotra, vice
president of engineering for Google, Chris Cox, vic…

Yahoo Buys Koprol, Doesn’t Need Foursquare Anymore

May 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Yahoo on May 25 purchased location-based social service Koprol for an undisclosed sum, more than a month after reportedly whiffing on trying to buy social check-in service Foursquare. Koprol offers a social service that lets people share photos, reviews and location information from their Web-enabled phones. Koprol users "check-in" to their current location and see where others are and what they are doing, just as more than 1 million users do on Foursquare. Koprol keeps a database of locations users check into, which Yahoo wants for itself. – Yahoo on May 25 made its second purchase in as many weeks,
acquiring location-based social service Koprol for an undisclosed sum.
The deal was sealed one month after Yahoo was
rumored to be trying to buy popular check-in service Foursquare and just one
week after agreeing to purchase Associated …

Facebook Follows Foursquare, Checks In with McDonald’s

May 9th, 2010 | No Comments

AdAge is reporting that Facebook is expected to challenge popular startup Foursquare by offering location-based status updates for its users later this month. McDonald’s is allegedly building an application with Facebook to allow users to check in at one of its restaurants and have a featured product appear in the post. What will be interesting to see is what effect Facebook’s move has on services from Gowalla and Foursquare, which has grown to support more than 1 million users in just over a year. Foursquare has already inked check-in deals with Starbucks and others, but the startup is vastly outgunned by the nearly 500 million Facebook users.
– Of all the items on the rumor menu for Facebook’s F8 developer conference last month, a location-based
service was one dish that failed to materialize.
Perhaps it is just taking longer to cook. AdAge is reporting
that the leading social network is expected to challenge popular startup
Foursquare…

Google Places Vies for Local Search Share vs. Yelp, Twitter, Foursquare

April 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Google April 20 launched Google Places, formerly known as Google Local Business Center, to better reflect its integration with Google Place Pages, Web Pages that users can stumble across on Google Maps when looking for local businesses. While services such as Foursquare, Gowalla and Twitter approach location from a social angle with check-ins and a what’s-happening-where mentality, Google’s local search is tethered to its search platform. But Google is doing more to appeal to local businesses than any other. See the screenshots of Places features here.
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Microsoft Exec Shows Off Bing on Windows Phone 7 Series, Foursquare

March 25th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft is making improvements to its Bing search engine to surface answers more quickly for its users in the hope of helping them make purchasing decisions. Microsoft demonstrated these changes at the Search Engine Stratregies show in New York March 25, showing Bing on a Windows Phone 7 Series device and a real-time integration with location-sharing service Foursquare. The new features are the latest move in the company’s broad effort to gain more market share from Google and Yahoo.
– NEW YORK — Microsoft is making improvements to its Bing search engine to surface
answers more quickly for its users in the hope of helping them make purchasing
decisions.
Yusuf
Mehdi, senior vice president of the Online Audience Business for Bing,
demonstrated these changes at the Search Engi…

Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare Ante Up For Location-based Services

March 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Facebook is expected to enable location sharing in its users’ News Feeds, a move that could automatically make the social network the dominant platform for location-based Web services. Twitter already has a geolocation feature that has been spotted in the wild. Meanwhile, social location upstart Foursquare will offer a free analytics tool and dashboard to give business owners information and statistics about visitors to their establishments. Google is also heavily invested in the future of location and social networking.
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2 New Forms Of Social Media For Small Business

February 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

There are plenty of small business owners that believe they should be doing social media as a form of marketing and customer interaction. But as The Wall Street Journal points out in their latest social media for small business story, thereâ€™s growing concern of the return on investment for many of these entrepreneurs.

Google Buzz for Mobile Follows Foursquare with Location

February 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Google Buzz was accorded a lot of attention for its potential as a disruption to Facebook and Twitter when Google officials unveiled it Feb. 9, but Google also put its stake in the ground for social location services with Buzz. Noting that location is a powerful signal for relevancy, Vic Gundotra, vice president of mobile engineering for Google, demonstrated how to access Buzz from a Nexus One smartphone. This is Google’s mobile approach to serendipitous social discovery and is comparable to services from Foursquare and Gowalla, which let users check in at nearby locations and share that location info with friends.
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Twitter Geotagging Live on Foursquare, Gowalla

November 20th, 2009 | No Comments

Twitter Nov. 19 released its geotagging API to programmers, but users won’t yet be able to access location-based services from the Twitter.com Website. The feature, which allows users to selectively annotate their tweets with their exact location and provide more context to users about their surroundings, has been implemented on Twitter applications such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Twidroid and Seesmic Web. Creepy? Perhaps, but likely only to someone who wouldn’t opt in to use such a service in the first place.
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