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For Foursquare, why being mayor isn’t enough to build a business

Backed by a lot of hype and millions in funding, Foursquare turned the idea of “gamification” into one of the most buzzed-about ways to design your mobile app and attract users. The idea w… more →

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For Foursquare, why being mayor isn't enough to build a business — 3 comments

Eliza Kern wrote 1 month ago: Backed by a lot of hype and millions in funding, Foursquare turned the idea of “gamification … more →

Tags: Dennis Crowley, Foursquare, Local Businesses, Local Search, Monetization, Search Engine

Posse Raises $500K More For A Local Discovery App That Lets Users Build "Playlists" Of Favorite Shops, Now Live In The U.S.

Sarah Perez wrote 2 months ago: Posse, a local discovery platform for web and mobile, is today arriving in the U.S. and making its i … more →

Tags: Apps, Mobile, Social, startups, TC, Posse, Shopping, Recommendations

Google Brings Its Local Discovery App "Field Trip" To The iPhone

Sarah Perez wrote 2 months ago: Google’s location-based Field Trip application has just made its way to the iTunes App Store t … more →

Tags: Apps, TC, Field Trip, Google, Location, Discovery, Google Now, offers

Local Discovery App Spindle Debuts Google Now-Like "Search Alerts" Which Match Nearby Happenings To Your Personal Interests

Sarah Perez wrote 2 months ago: Spindle, the location-discovery app from former Microsoft engineers backed by $2.3 million in fundin … more →

Tags: TC, startups, Apps, Spindle, Local, Nearby

Facebook muscles in on Yelp and Foursquare with Nearby upgrades

Ryan Kim wrote 5 months ago: Facebook (s fb) is finally getting serious about its local ambitions with an upgrade to its Nearby m … more →

Tags: facebook, Foursquare, Local Search, Yelp!

LevelUp gets ready to explore a world outside of mobile payments — 2 comments

Nathaniel Mott wrote 5 months ago: To hear LevelUp‘s Seth Priebatsch tell it, the mobile payment revolution is less about buying … more →

Tags: Tech, Products, pandodaily, Mobile, Foursquare, square, Payments, Commerce, Dwolla

Foursquare goes into monetization mode with promoted updates — 5 comments

Ryan Kim wrote 9 months ago: Foursquare is finally addressing that age-old question faced by big, buzzy startups: how are you goi … more →

Tags: Foursquare, Local Advertising, Location based Services, Mobile Advertising, Recommendations

Gtrot Shifts to Local Discovery

socialitravel wrote 1 year ago: Back in mid September of last year, we posted a basic overview of how SocialiTravel tested Gtrot fea … more →

Tags: Gtrot, Pinterest, Zachary Smith

Loku thinks Web first in crafting mobile strategy — 1 comment

Ryan Kim wrote 1 year ago: In most cases, mobile developers are focusing on native apps, hitting iOS (s aapl) and Android (s go … more →

Tags: HTML5, web app, location based service, loku

Bizzy bows out of the local recommendations market — 1 comment

Ryan Kim wrote 1 year ago: Online local advertising company ReachLocal (s rloc) announced it was shutting down Bizzy, a locatio … more →

Tags: Bizzy, local recommendations

Local Discovery | Mud Bay

Stina wrote 2 years ago: Recently, Ella has been demonstrating the usual indicators of itchy skin.  She doesn’t have fl … more →

Tags: mud bay, burien, organic dog treats

Greg Sterling Running Webinar on Local Discovery — 1 comment

Brian Smith wrote 3 years ago: Local Guru Greg Sterling has a Webinar tomorrow @ 10am PT on Local Discovery. Looks like he’ll … more →

Tags: Local Shopping


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