WSJ.com: A Week on Foursquare
Wednesday, 25 May 2011, 12:43
"We collected every check-in on location-sharing service Foursquare for a week starting at noon Eastern on Friday, Jan. 21 until noon on Friday Jan. 28. Foursquare, which provided the data, removed all material that could identify an individual us…
BuzzMachine: Press as Facebook & Foursquare
Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 15:56
Really innovative new media redefine the very meaning of news, Jeff Jarvis notes while reading some history: "I was among those who scoffed when Mark Zuckerberg dubbed his algorithmic aggregation of personal updates a 'news feed.' I was wrong."
CJR: What it’s Like to Be The Wall Street Journal’s Friend
Friday, 16 July 2010, 14:48
"Several news organizations have started their own Foursquare accounts in order to push their online content to users based on their physical location. … Having your Foursquare-augmented-reality experience curated by a brand you know and trust might not be so bad. There’s a lot of noise out there; if I’m using Foursquare to augment my reality anyway, maybe I would like to have my pop-ups limited to the things I actually care about. Like, say, information about interesting historical buildings, or a feed of recent news stories linked to the physical locations where they happened."
CNN.com: CNN teams up with Foursquare for World Cup
Sunday, 13 June 2010, 09:34
"CNN has teamed up .. Foursquare on an innovative project for World Cup fans in the 32 competing nations. Fans will be eligible for two CNN badges on Foursquare. The "South Africa Explorer" badge is for people traveling to South Africa to attend the World Cup matches while the "Super Fan" badge is for fans who will be watching from pubs, bars and large viewing parties in the 31 other countries taking part in the tournament"
Advertising Age: How Facebook’s Geo-Networking Plans Will Change Everything
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 09:27
"Almost overnight, the ability to easily broadcast your location on and via Facebook will be put into the hands of about 500 million people — 500 million people that retailers and businesses with physical locations will have the opportunity to influence people nearby to visit."
Business Insider: Facebook Is Working On A Foursquare-Killer
Saturday, 30 January 2010, 13:54
"Foursquare cofounder Dennis Crowley told us he fully expects Facebook and others to launch 'check-in' functionality, making it 'commodity by the end of the year.'"
