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<title>Foursquare 6.0 for iOS puts discovery features at forefront</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/10/highlights.nearby.points.of.interest/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1365626546_foursquare-iosv6.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Check-in service Foursquare has released v6.0 of its iPhone app, making some significant changes.  The Explore section has been moved out from a separate tab at the bottom of the screen, and is now a core function of the app, highlighting nearby points of interest based on check-ins by other users.  Search has been made easier, thanks to an immediately accessible search bar, and a faster auto-comp...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foursquare updates iPhone app with streamlined check-in</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/06/attempts.to.compete.with.third.party.clients/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362593078_foursquare-iphone.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Check-in service Foursquare is updating its official iPhone app later today, according to a blog post.  The new version will let people do faster check-ins via a two-step process, skipping the standard options for commenting, adding a photo, or sharing across other social networks.  After tapping the check-in button, users will just have to press and hold their location to complete a post....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foursquare edits privacy policy, starts showing full names</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/30/foursquare.to.make.more.user.information.and.data.public/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1356918050_ScreenShot2012-12-30at6.40.17PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Next January will see popular social app Foursquare changing its privacy policy in order to make more user information and data publicly available. This according to a new "Privacy 101" document the service published recently, as well as an email Foursquare has reportedly been sending out to users in order to alert them to the policy changes ahead of time. The service will begin showing users' ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple negotiating with FourSquare for local check-in data</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355810662_foursquare-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[According to sources familiar with the matter, Apple is in early discussions to integrate local information culled by Foursquare Labs in future offerings for the iOS and OS X. The talks, led by Apple senior vice president Eddy Cue, are being run in parallel with discussions at other companies that collect local data to improve what is viewed as a flawed initial offering of Apple's own map and navi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 05:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Facebook tests auto-uploads; Foursquare gets new category</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/20/facebook.ios.app.to.mimic.feature.from.google/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1346368989_facebookcomputer-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Facebook is testing automatic photo uploads for its iOS app, Engadget reports.  A select public trial group is said to have its hands on a tweaked version of the app with a new feature called Photo Sync.  In a manner similar to Instant Upload for Google+, Photo Sync pushes new photos to an unpublished album, where people can later select them for posts or organized collections....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ex-Apple iAd exec new Foursquare revenue chief</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/18/steven.rosenblatt.joins.foursquare.in.new.position/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/rosenblatt-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Location tracking and check-in service Foursquare has hired its first Revenue Chief. Ex-Apple iAd executive Steven Rosenblatt has been hired to fill the newly created position. Foursquare's former head of business development, Tristan Walker, filled the role of revenue chief before leaving early this month....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Smartphones top PCs for time spent on Facebook</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/08/smartphone.users.facebook.for.longer.than.pc.users/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/facebook-iphone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new analysis undertaken by comScore, using its new Mobile Metrix 2.0 tool, has shown that mobile apps are driving most of the time spent on social networks like Facebook, overtaking traditional computer-based browser access. The typical Facebook user was found to spend 441 minutes of their time accessing the site through their smartphone, which compared with an average of 391 spent by users surf...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Foursquare for BlackBerry gets NFC check-ins </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/27/tap.based.location.sharing.comes.to.foursquare/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/BlackBerry-Foursquare-Teaser.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[BlackBerry users will now be able to quickly share their locations, thanks to today's update to the Foursuare app. The update (BlackBerry App World) implements NFC (near field communications) on certain BlackBerry models, such as the Bold 9900, to let users simply tap their handsets on NFC stickers to share their locations....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft pays direct for Windows Phone ports of key apps</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/06/windows.phone.app.subsidies.now.more.direct/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1204/nokialumia800-review12sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft's financial support of Windows Phone ports of iOS and Android apps is more direct than once thought, an investigation uncovered late Thursday.  While the full extent of the catalog isn't known, the New York Times found that Microsoft paid outright to cover development of Foursquare's Windows Phone app and did the same for a third-party making a dedicated Facebook app on the social networ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Girls Around Me maker says exit voluntary, defends app</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/01/girl.tracking.app.maker.claims.to.support.privacy/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/girlsaroundme.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The developer of controversial girl tracking app Girls Around Me, i-Free, has issued a statement on Sunday defending the app.   It told the Wall Street Journal that it withdrew the app voluntarily after the Foursquare block rendered the app inactive.  The Russian firm argued that, despite a heavy marketing focus on messaging and tracking women, that there was a "serious misunderstanding" of what t...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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