Articles tagged “foursquare”

Online Travel

Square bets recommendations based on payment data beat Foursquare check-ins anytime

Amazon pioneered e-commerce recommendations like this years ago. That being said, it is logical that Square would leverage its payment data, which show a lot more intent about future purchases than Foursquare's check-ins do.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Is Foursquare becoming so yesterday?

Yesterday's tech darling Foursquare is facing lots of skepticism about its future despite ample funding and a user base numbering in the millions.

Christopher Williams, The Daily Telegraph | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Updated: Foursquare gets $41 million investment as its revenues continue to disappoint

Foursquare has been morphing to become more of a local discovery and recommendation engine with its latest relaunch, and despite slow growth will have enough time now with this money to extend its life for a while to come.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare wants to encourage local discovery, not just checkins

It's been a long path from checkin to discovery for Foursquare to realize that it doesn't just have the power to broadcast location but to lead less share-y users to find something interesting. Now they just need to find the right balance between the two.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

What a year of Foursquare check-ins looks like in New York and Tokyo

With a heat map that reveals people use Foursquare mainly for food, drink, shopping, and transport, it's glaringly obvious that we're dealing with one of the world's most used travel apps.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare finally closing on Series D funding, amidst general skepticism

The company has proven to be adept at moving at a fast pace on product, don't count CEO Dennis Crowley out just yet.

Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Foursquare’s founder: We know if you’re a tourist or a local

If Foursquare can make the leap from active location sharing tool to local discovery engine it will become a formidable challenger in travel content. It's one of the few local discovery services that stand a chance.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Local discovery iPhone app uses Instagram to find cool things

Event-dependent social discovery has failed to strike a chord outside of big industry events or rare occasions in urban areas, so Now will need to bring something special to the game to succeed.

Skift | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Beyond Foursquare: The future of geolocation apps and websites

J D Lasica, Mediashift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

Humanity’s digital footprint, as visualized by Foursquare’s check-in maps

These maps show a greater digital diversity that you'd expect; one that matches density and movement rather than the trendy neighborhoods that Foursquare's detractors say it specializes in.

Zachary M. Seward, Quartz | 11 years ago