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Kilroy Checked In Here
… with social media people take pictures of what they’ve done or what they’ve seen. It’s much more instantaneous.
— Lorna Lange, the spokeswoman for Joshua Tree, believes the cause of a recent rise in vandalism on public land is social media
Checking Into Foursquare? Yahoo’s CFO Talks About Next Mobile M&A — Including Importance of “Localization.”
Hey, Dennis Crowley, that sounds like you!Check Off Another Check-In Company: Dijit Buys Miso
Probably a feature, not a business.News Byte
Facebook Continues Testing Free Wi-Fi With Cafe Partners
Facebook is in the midst of a small program with a handful of cafes in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley areas. In the program, first noticed by Inside Facebook, Facebook provides its partner cafes with free routers, and customers check in to the business on Facebook in order to access the Internet. The service is being tested inside Philz Coffee in San Francisco, according to Hunter Walk, as well as a handful of Palo Alto cafes.GetGlue + Viggle Is a Big Bet Based on Small Numbers
The merger math says GetGlue’s TV check-in users are worth about $70 each.To Combat Creepiness, WhosHere Launches In-App Video Chat
When you’re ready to take it to the next level — visual contact.Voices
Foursquare Joins the Coupon Craze
Foursquare doesn’t want to be another popular — but unprofitable — social network. Its new plan to make money? Personalized coupons.News Byte