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  OpenStreetMap posing surprise threat to Google Maps

  The announcement last week that the Wikimedia Foundation will switch from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap for its cartographic needs marks the latest in an increasingly long line of high-profile defections.

  By Jon Gold | 10 April, 2012 04:47

  Tags: android phones, consumer electronics, Experian, Foursquare, Google, hitwise, Mapquest, networking, open source project, OpenSTreetMap, OpenStreetMap vs. Google Maps, smartphones, software, Wikimedia Foundation, wikipedia, wireless

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  'Girls Around Me' shows a dark side of social networks

  The makers of the mobile app Girls Around Me came under fire Monday for helping men to "stalk" unsuspecting women, but the incident also reveals how much we still have to learn about what social networks reveal about us.

  By Cameron Scott | 03 April, 2012 12:41

  Tags: Facebook, Foursquare, i-Free, mobile, mobile applications, privacy, security

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  As navigation looks indoors, new uses appear

  The maps on smartphones and tablets soon may extend into buildings, but consumers and service providers won't use indoor maps the same as outdoor, participants in the location-based services business said on Wednesday.

  By Stephen Lawson | 24 March, 2012 06:21

  Tags: Aisle411, consumer electronics, CSR, Foursquare, Glympse, GPS, Micello, mobile, Skyhook, TeleCommunication Systems

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  Location-based firms see mobile profit, user worries

  The location-based mobile services industry is already lucrative but has to do a better job easing consumers' fears about invasion of privacy, some executives said on Wednesday at the GPS-Wireless conference.

  By Stephen Lawson | 22 March, 2012 12:43

  Tags: consumer electronics, Foursquare, Glympse, Google, GPS, Groupon, mobile, PlaceIQ, Telenav, xAd

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  SXSW: Location, location, location fuels mobile apps

  Soon FourSquare won't be the only cool kid on the location-based apps block: A new wave of startups, including Highlight, Zaarly, TaskRabbit and Localmind, are generating buzz at South by Southwest by drawing on smartphone location data to deliver a range of social, commercial and informational experiences.

  By Cameron Scott | 14 March, 2012 09:31

  Tags: Andrea Vaccar, Bo Fishback, Facebook, Foursquare, Lenny Rachitsky, mobile, mobile applications, privacy, security, twitter

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  FourSquare drops Google Maps API for OpenStreetMap

  Location-based social media service FourSquare this week abruptly swapped the Google Maps technology underlying its product for the OpenStreetMap, announcing a new partnership with startup MapBox.

  By Jon Gold | 04 March, 2012 10:33

  Tags: Foursquare, FourSquare Google Maps, Google, location services, networking, open source software, OpenSTreetMap, software, wireless

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  Foursquare aims for more automated content push

  Foursquare wants its mobile geolocation-based application to increasingly require less and less manual use and instead work in the background as people move around, automatically pushing notifications, recommendations and reminders to them, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 19 October, 2011 08:12

  Tags: advertising, Dennis Crowley, Foursquare, internet, Internet-based applications and services, John Heilemann

• BlackBerry 7 compatible apps

  Looking for apps that are compatible with RIM's new BlackBerry 7 OS? CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights 10 must-haves including apps for social networking, navigation, entertainment and a cool augmented reality browser.

  By Al Sacco | 23 August, 2011 08:58

  Tags: Blackberry, consumer electronics, Foursquare, Google, mobile, mobile applications, smartphones

• NYC developers to hack new photo apps

  Hoping to spark some entrepreneurial creativity in the Big Apple, online tools provider Aviary has organized a New York City event for developers to hack together new photo-based applications.

  By Joab Jackson | 18 August, 2011 03:28

  Tags: Aviary, flickr, Foursquare, General Assembly, Meetup, mobile, mobile applications

• MongoDB competes on speed and flexibility

  While debate rages on over the value of nonrelational, or NoSQL, databases, two case studies presented at a New York conference this week point to the benefits of using the MongoDB non-SQL data store instead of a standard relational database.

  By Joab Jackson | 09 June, 2011 09:26

  Tags: 10Gen, Foursquare, The New York Times, software, applications, databases

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  How retailers are using location-based services

  What's happening -- Businesses are integrating location-based services such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt and Socialight into enterprise applications. For example, ice cream retailer Tasti D-Lite incorporated Foursquare into its loyalty program, providing extra reward points for customers who check in at a store using the application.

  By John Brandon | 29 October, 2010 06:36

  Tags: applications, Applications | Consumer, customers, Foursquare, internet, Internet-based applications and services, location-based services, loyalty programs, social networking

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  Facebook Places finally launches in Australia

  The long wait for Facebook Places is over, with the social networking site rolling out the location based social media platform in Australia.

  By Lisa Banks | 30 September, 2010 14:14

  Tags: Facebook, Facebook Places, Foursquare, geolocation, html 5, iPhone

• Borders signs Foursquare for customer loyalty push

  Borders has announced that it has partnered with location sharing platform Foursquare in a move designed to increase customer loyalty.

  By Jenna Pitcher | 13 September, 2010 16:36

  Tags: borders, e-books, Foursquare, geolocation

• Foursquare registers 100 millionth check-in

  Foursquare, the location-based social-networking service, registered its 100 millionth "check-in" on Monday evening, the company said Tuesday.

  By Martyn Williams | 21 July, 2010 09:20

  Tags: Foursquare, internet, Internet-based applications and services, social media, social networking

• Google vs. Foursquare: Geolocation battle heats up

  Apparently informing your friends that you're eating a turkey sandwich at the deli down the street is the most "interesting" fad of the moment, and Google wants the biggest slice of cake.

  By Brennon Slattery | 08 May, 2010 06:47

  Tags: Foursquare, google latitude, GPS