After some development work from Nokia, location-based social network Foursquare has launched a Symbian application, complete with a home screen widget which displays the latest check-ins by your friends. Now Symbian users can check in to locales and share that spot with friends, as well as write up tips, line up to-dos, and create new venues where there weren’t any before. For those uninitiated with the check-in craze, Foursquare uses your phone’s GPS to determine nearby locations (stores, restaurants, businesses, etc.), and allows you to virtually check-in at those places, as well as share said check-in to Facebook, Twitter, and other Foursquare friends. You can earn badges for checking-in in particular ways, or even become the “Mayor” of a business for checking-in most frequently there. Sometimes there are real-world discounts or perks, depending on the participation level of the business, but usually Mayorship is entirely superficial. It looks like this has Read More

Foursquare’s check-in application for BlackBerry has been updated to let you get pop-up notifications as soon as your friends check in to a location. There’s also a fresh round of bug squashes, UI improvements, and code optimizations, all of which are welcome. Foursquare’s presence here at the BlackBerry DevCon has been significant, with a check-in challenge that eventually offers attendees a snazzy exclusive badge and a t-shirt. For those unfamiliar, Foursquare detects your location through GPS, lets you announce where you are visiting to Facebook and Twitter with an archive of locations, and if a spot isn’t there, you can add it. Users can add tips to places (like “don’t get the shrimp”), or tack on to-dos for locations they want to visit. Metrics are in place that keep tabs on when and where you check in, which can result in special virtual badges earned for particular achievements. Gowalla, a competing Read More

The Foursquare check-in app for iPhone was updated recently with a new way of handling To-Dos and Tips. In the past, the two were lumped together in the same tab, with subcategories separating the two. For those uninitiated, Tips are messages you leave behind at places you check-in to using a mobile app, while To-Dos act as reminders to check-in to locations you haven’t been to before. In order to give To-Dos even more visibility, they’ve introduced a new “Add to my Foursquare” button, which allows web visitors to instantly add a To-Do item for a location they’re visiting. In addition to providing location-based specials to users like usual, this is a great way for businesses to rope in mobile-savvy customers. You can see an example of the button in action over here at Eater, or if you would like to implement a Foursquare button on your own site, just find Read More

Zagat’s iPhone application for finding and reviewing restaurants has updated to include Foursquare check-in options and pictures of dishes submitted to the Foodspotting social network. There’s also a new Dining Journal, which lets you keep track of where you’ve been and what you’ve had. This is all on top of the standard Zagat to Go app, which hosts reviews, phone numbers, and maps to restaurants, all viewable in a standard list or through augmented reality, even when you’re offline. Plugging in to Foursquare is a smooth move for people who are prone to sharing where they are anyway and are big on eating out. I had actually never heard of Foodspotting before this, and taking a look around the site, I’m reminded of the few times I would innocuously tweet some striking foodpr0n. The “nom” rating system is especially cute. Overall, it sounds like Zagat to Go is a must-have for Read More

One of the Foursquare for webOS developers has gotten a little excited about the next release, and decided to share some of the new features on the way.  On top of the usual bug fixes and UI optimizations, you’ll be able to refresh the friend feed and nearby listings with a forward swipe, attach videos to check-ins and shouts, live search results for venues which pop up as you type, and there will be a new navigation menu, pictured above. Foursquare is a popular mobile check-in application that lets you share your location with friends on a place-by-place basis. You get completely frivolous (but fun) rewards for checking in regularly to the same spots, and if the locations aren’t in Foursquare’s database, you can add them yourself. Foursquare plugs in to Twitter and Facebook, so you don’t have to nag your friends to sign up to another social network in order Read More

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Her Royal Oprah has launched mobile apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, Android and webOS, spreading her nubian dominion further into the realm of mobility. Because the twitter thing just wasn’t enough. The app allows the viewing of clips and previews of upcoming episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show, checking showtimes anywhere in the US, weekly polls, audio clips from Oprah Radio, articles from The Oprah Magazine, photo galleries, keeping tabs on @Oprah, and a bunch of other stuff. While I’m not one to watch any Oprah (or cable TV for that matter), it’s pretty dang impressive that she’s get something out on all major platforms in one fel swoop, and I wish more app developers could pull off that kind of multilateral launch. Of course, Oprah does have economical resources comparable to a medium-sized African country at her behest. And hey, as it turns out, Oprah is approaching her final (25th.) season. Read More

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