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Bing puts 'five times' more Facebook content in social search
Bing's social search sidebar also makes it possible to query LinkedIn, G+, Twitter, Klout, Foursquare, and Quora. But the big deal is Facebook. -
Instagram distances itself from snap-happy Twitterati
This feud seems to be specifically between Instagram and Twitter. Other services, such as Tumblr, Foursquare, and, well, Facebook, will remain unaffected. -
Funeral director suggests checking in before you check out
With the prospect of your Facebook profile outliving you it appears that the possibilities for posthumous status updates are on the rise as they croak rather than poke. Presumably the opportunity to ‘check in’ on Foursquare before finally ‘checking out’ could be attractive. -
Apple stalker app pulled
The "Girls Around Me" app used location-based social networking service Foursquareto show where women had checked in nearby. -
Apple claims to have invented location services
CBS says the patent originally dating back to 1998 has been acquired from Xerox and gives Jobs' Mob some serious power over the likes of Google, Facebook and Foursquare. -
95 percent say no to in-flight internet
Presumably the frequent flyers surveyed have not been on a Ryanair flight before. The only distraction from the cattle-shed conditions of a plane, which was interior decorated like a life raft, is downing overpriced alcohol. So personally we quite like the idea of wasting a few minutes online. -
Foursquare on the hunt for London office this week
Foursquare's upcoming London operation, confirmed earlier this month, is in full swing as its head of European affairs searches for an office. -
Cambridge Wireless debates privacy for location based services
While apps developed, including Foursquare, can be exciting for users, they also open up a new set of challenges for personal safety that Cambridge Wireless, an industry forum and community, wants to address. -
Facebook Places Deals tries to edge Foursquare out of Europe
Facebook is expanding its location-based service, Places Deals, to five countries in Europe, setting up some major competition for the likes of Foursquare and Groupon. -
Dos & Don'ts: How to use social media tastefully at a funeral
It’s also imperative to create a Foursquare check-in location for both the funeral home and the burial site. -
Celebrity stalking gets easier
The site is up and running but launches in four days. It uses sightings published on Twitter and data from services such as Facebook, Foursquare and blogs. Effectively it is a mixture of search engine and bird-spotting site. -
Facebook granted locations patent to trounce competition
Foursquare for example is already established in the US and picking up serious momentum in the UK. If Zuckerberg throws his lawyers around there could be some major drama on the way. -
Yorkshire tourism board first in Europe on Foursquare
Eee by gum. Yorkshire's tourist board is the first in Europe to set up a branded Foursquare page, falling right in line with what Foursquare founder, Dennis Crowley, said recently about the future of location-based services lying in tourism. -
Foursquare founder calls Facebook "boring"
One of Foursquare's founders, Dennis Crowley, has publicly dissed Facebook, dismissing the newly launched rival location-based feature called Facebook Places as “boring” and saying it is of no threat to the service that Foursquare offers. -
Foursquare talking to search giants
While some critics could suggest Foursquare is little more than a way to tell all your mates you go to a certain train station a lot, it is seeing increasing popularity on these shores and sustained success in the states - and the big search players are taking notice. -
People don't give a monkeys about geolocation apps
Or their wives finding out they're not "working late at the office". As Twitter has deployed some location-based features a la Foursquare, and with Facebook probably on the way too, it's somewhat surprising that just under half of those surveyed aren't fussed about devices that they carry around *al -
Yahoo buys Foursquare rival Koprol
AcquisitionThis is a criticism that has been levelled at another location-based service, Foursquare, which Yahoo has been trying to get its mitts on. Yahoo offered a hefty sum of $125 million for it, but a deal has yet to be secured. -
Intel tracks employees with Twitter
Surely the bunnies could happily fill a non-Intel related Twitter account with their mindless Foursquare drivel, rather than broadcast to journos far and wide where they are currently buying milk.
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