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Foursquare

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Foursquare is a geographical location based social network that incorporates gaming elements.

Users share their location with friends by “checking in” via a smartphone app or by text message. Points are awarded for checking in at various venues. Users can connect their Foursquare accounts to their Twitter and Facebook accounts, which can update when a check in is registered. By checking in a certain number of times, or in different locations, users can collect virtual badges. In addition, users who have checked in the most times at a certain venue will be crowned “Mayor” until someone surpasses their number. Various venues have embraced Foursquare, and offer special deals to users who are “mayors”.

Foursquare has applications for iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile 7, Nokia S40 & S60, as well as Samsung Bada.

Foursquare was created by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai.

Milestones

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  Foursquare added Max Samis as Business Development.
  Posted 4/5/12 at 9:09am
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  Foursquare added Omid Ashtari as Business Development Director. (9/1/11)
  Posted 9/13/11 at 7:32pm
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  Foursquare added Norbert Hu as Software Engineer. (4/11/11)
  Posted 8/5/11 at 6:35pm
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  Foursquare added Norbert Hu as Software Engineer. (4/11/11)
  Posted 8/5/11 at 6:32pm
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  Foursquare added Benjy Weinberger as Software Engineer. (6/20/11)
  Posted 6/20/11 at 1:38pm
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  Foursquare added Simon Favreau-Lessard as Software Engineer. (7/11/11)
  Posted 6/20/11 at 1:17pm
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  Foursquare added Ben Lee as Software Engineer. (4/11/11)
  Posted 6/20/11 at 1:00pm
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  Foursquare added Max Sklar as Data Mining Engineer. (5/31/11)
  Posted 5/31/11 at 3:57pm
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  Foursquare added Morgan Missen as Head of Talent. (5/1/11)
  Posted 5/12/11 at 6:08pm
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  Foursquare added Jonathan Crowley as Director of Media Partnerships. (6/20/10)
  Posted 5/12/11 at 9:44am
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  Foursquare added Mark Wyszomierski as Lead Android Developer. (2/2/10)
  Posted 3/20/11 at 5:05pm
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  Foursquare added Anoop Ranganath as Engineer. (2/8/10)
  Posted 2/1/11 at 2:17am
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  Foursquare added Leo Kim as Software Engineer. (11/29/10)
  Posted 12/8/10 at 7:57pm
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  Foursquare added Jon Steinback as Director of Marketing. (8/20/10)
  Posted 8/20/10 at 1:59pm
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  Foursquare added Holger Luedorf as VP, Mobile & International. (6/21/10)
  Posted 7/20/10 at 7:00am
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  Foursquare added Harry Heymann as Lead Server Engineer. (8/10/09)
  Posted 6/29/10 at 2:31pm

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Sources

1. techcrunch.com [edit]
2. Foursquare Closes $20 Million Series B From Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square, And O’Reilly (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Foursquare Closes $50M at a $600M Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Gets Lucky (Magazine) And A Deal With Conde Nast Read more: http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/12/foursquare-gets-lucky-magazine/#ixzz0m4pZdI8y (techcrunch.com) [edit]
water removal (dalworthrestoration.com) [edit]
Foursquare Teams With Bravo TV (bits.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
Boom! Foursquare Crosses 2 Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Founders Pull Out $4.6 Million For Themselves From Last $20 Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Passes 100 Million Check-Ins (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Foursquare Now 3 Million Strong (techcrunch.com) [edit]
"NEW YORK CITY HOT 125" (lead411.com) [edit]
Foursquare Puts A Big Emphasis On Badges, Partner Badges With New Trophy Case (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Hits 2 Million Check-ins, 25K New Users Daily (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Now Six Million Users Strong, Hit 381M Total Check-Ins In 2010 (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Adds 5 Languages, Now At 2 Million Check-Ins Per Day (businessinsider.com) [edit]
Foursquare Closing In On 7 Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Now Officially At 10 Million Users (techcrunch.com) [edit]
With "Beyond Check-In" Notifications, Foursquare Goes Android-First (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Foursquare Hits A Billion Checkins, Launches New Version Of Its App (techcrunch.com) [edit]