Foursquare is one of the hottest location based social networking startups. It’s synonymous with the often copied “check in”, a feature competing services like Facebook and Yelp have incorporated into their user experience. And while it seems clear that the platform Foursquare has developed can scale to reward, engage, and serve its users and the [...]
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No Comments »With more the 500 million users, there’s a pretty good chance you’re an active Facebook user. By logging into Facebook several times a day, its users are able to follow the activities and musings of those they’ve “friended” via the service. My friends post pictures, videos, websites, and thoughts which are collected and [...]
Posted in Content Delivery, Internet, Social Networking, Technology, Websites Tags: Facebook, Newsfeed, online content, PostPost, Social Networking No Comments »Within the last few months, I’ve grown increasingly addicted to the question and answer site Quora. The breadth of topics about which the site’s users inquire is matched only by the depth and quality of the answers Quora users typically provide. It’s fun and intellectually stimulating to participate in discussions on topics of both an [...]
Posted in Internet, Social Networking, Websites Tags: Google, question and answer, questions, Quora, Social Networking 1 Comment »Even though Foursquare has over 5 million users, location based services can’t really be considered mainstream yet. Most average people have never “checked in”, and those that do are starting to wonder why they’re participating. The mass adoption of smartphones continues to help Foursquare and its competitors grow their user bases, but unless these companies [...]
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