Foursquare

Foursquare is really gearing up to go big time in the next couple of months perhaps. The location-based social network is all over the news the past few days.  Well, what can you expect? It’s closest rival, Gowalla is also up on its feet with new features and new platforms lately. So, for... by dailybits.com | related posts

This week, both Twitter and Facebook have come out with big location news. Twitter is adding geolocation features and Facebook will soon let users share their location . Both of those announcements could strike fear in the heart of a mobile check-in service like Foursquare. But... by econsultancy.com/blog | related posts

Foursquare wants to be the biggest thing at SXSW this year, and they mean business. Just for the occasion they have created 16 new badges for users checking in at the festival, and have lined up a series of other goodies for to keep the buzz alive. Sample badges include the “ Groupie ,” and the... by thenextweb.com | related posts

While Loren Brichter may be hard at work on Tweetie Two for the Mac , he hasn’t given on his baby: Tweetie 2 for the iPhone. While the app hasn’t been updated since late November, a new build is due shortly with one big addition: native Foursquare support. What this means is that anytime... by techcrunch.com | related posts

FourSquare, the location-based check-in tool was always aimed toward businesses. The first step was to get users accustomed (or addicted) to checking in wherever they go and help them compete for points against each other by giving away emblems like Mayor badges. Now, FourSquare has... by ipatrix.com | related posts

Foursquare will give 900 businesses access to a new set of analytics tools over the next few weeks, the NYT's Nick Bilton reports . The new tools give business owners a detailed look at the check-in activity of their customers. In addition to tracking who is checking in when, businesses will be... by businessinsider.com | related posts

New location-based social search tool FourWhere shows Foursquare tips and comments using Google Maps so you can search and discover what everyone is saying about nearby places. Users simply input a location or address into FourWhere, right-click (control click) on the map and select display... by mashable.com | related posts

In January, we reported that a Foursquare-Killer from Facebook was imminent. Now there's a launch date . Nick Bilton at the New York Times reports that Facebook will announce the new feature at its developers' conference in April. NYT : Starting next month, the more than 400 million... by businessinsider.com | related posts

Wondering how that barista knew your name before asking you? Check-in-based social networking game Foursquare has taken another step toward relevancy by adding analytics tools for businesses that participate. The new dashboard feature, still in alpha testing, gives data such as total number of... by fastcompany.com | related posts

The Foursquare platform currently caters to consumers and offers businesses the ability to provide specials. Today, however, we’re learning more information about a business dashboard — complete with checkin analytics — that’s being gradually rolled out to business owners. While the dashboard... by mashable.com | related posts

foursquare will give business owners their chance to check in -- to a new analytics tool and dashboard that will give them information such as who has checked in to their places of business, when they arrived, the gender ratio of their customers who have checked in, and what times of day are busiest,... by mediabistro.com/webnewser | related posts