Foursquare offers an online mobile social networking service which leverages smartphones and GPS as part of a location-based social network that enables users to voluntarily check-in to different venues. By checking into locations, users collect virtual badges which may also enable special deals by the venue to users ...
More >>Foursquare offers an online mobile social networking service which leverages smartphones and GPS as part of a location-based social network that enables users to voluntarily check-in to different venues. By checking into locations, users collect virtual badges which may also enable special deals by the venue to users who are loyal or who avail themselves of a particular promotion.
Foursquare has applications for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Windows Mobile.
The firm was co-founded by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai. Crowley formerly co-founded Dodgeball, a concept similar in some ways to Foursquare. Dodgeball was acquired by Google in 2005.
FourSquare API - The Foursquare API was open to a limited number of developers until November 2009 at which time it was opened up to developers. The foursquare API enables developers to build applications that interact with the foursquare platform. Developers can use the API to create new ways to check-in to foursquare or visualize the data generated by the foursquare community. Developers looking to build a simple widget based on their check-in history are not best served by the full API but instead can leverage the Foursquare's feeds system.
The Foursquare API has aided in the company's growth and adoption by users as developer apps have lead to greater reach for the company.
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