Foursquare

Get Ready for More TaskRabbit, With New Open API

Lauren Goode in Commerce on February 10 at 8:00 am PT

There would be an obvious pun here about how TaskRabbit is going to multiply, but the New York Times already used it.

Ah, So That’s What You’re Supposed to Do With Foursquare!

Peter Kafka in Social on January 27 at 1:04 pm PT

The “check-in service” explains why it’s not really a “check-in service” at all.

Hello, Brooklyn! You’ve Got Your Very Own VC Fund.

Peter Kafka in News on January 17 at 4:30 am PT

Charlie O’Donnell leaves First Round Capital and sets up shop across the bridge. (Don’t worry, he’ll stray out of King’s County, too.)

Start-Up Scribr Wants to Help Your Twitter Feed Survive the Coming Web-pocalypse

Drake Martinet in Social on January 6 at 10:05 am PT

Scribr is trying to keep your Facebook profile from becoming like the lost GeoCities of Atlantis.

Foursquare’s Crowley Declares Bygones! — And Maybe More? — With Google

Lauren Goode in Social on December 15, 2011 at 8:06 am PT

Foursquare is still the cool kid at the check-in party, especially as more competitors are checking out. But is the party dying down?

News Byte

Social Loyalty Service Topguest Acquired by Loyalty Platform ezRez

Liz Gannes in Social on December 13, 2011 at 10:01 am PT

Topguest, which rewards users for sharing their location with services like Foursquare by giving them rewards program points from vendors like Virgin America and Hilton, has been bought by ezRez (warning: ugly Web site), which helps companies run loyalty programs. Both companies are headquartered in San Francisco and Topguest’s service will continue to operate. Topguest had an impressive set of business deals for a young start-up, but Foursquare, Klout and others now run their own social rewards programs.

Dear Foursquare and LivingSocial: Thanks for the Ad! (Seriously, Thanks for the Ad.)

Peter Kafka in Commerce on December 7, 2011 at 4:35 pm PT

Daily-deal guys and location services are supposed to link up and produce shopping bliss. That hasn’t happened, yet. But this is what it could look like …

Checking in From the Cutting Edge: Only Six Percent Use Geolocation Apps

Liz Gannes in Social on December 6, 2011 at 8:41 am PT

Six percent of U.S. online adults use geolocation apps, up from 4 percent last year, according to new research from Forrester.

Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

Kara Swisher in Social on December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Let’s put this one in the “done” column, shall we?

Path Tries Again, Now as a Mobile Journal App

Liz Gannes in Social on November 29, 2011 at 8:44 pm PT

Users of Path, now a sort of mobile blogging tool, can tell close friends where they are, who they’re with, what they’re doing, what they’re listening to — even whether they’re sleeping or awake.