So I’m in Boston looking for a nice eatery, and I obviously use 4sq explorer. I then see “view menu” on a venue listing. Great!
Menus on 4SQ venues…
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Really starting to love the “Explore” function in 4sq
It really comes in handy for towns/cities you don’t know well. We discovered a great Italian tonight, thanks to the 4sq Explorer, that I don’t think I would have discovered with Google Maps/Places.
Discovering Karlsruhe on foursquare
Android version of @foursquare’s “photos + comments” build is being tested in the wild.
BTW, proof that the Android version of @foursquare’s "photos + comments" build is being tested out in the wild.
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Looking forward to this update. Hope it doesn’t slow the app down too much with bloated code. 4sq is already starting top run slower than SCVNGR for me.
Mapping your Foursquare check-ins
Just saw this post and can’t believe how easy it is to plot your 4sq check-ins on Google Maps.
Here’s my check-in map!
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…and here’s the link.
“Trending Now” limited to just two venues
Only top 2 venues can trend 
Further to my earlier post on how many visits it takes to trend on Foursquare, we’ve conducted another test to see if that 5 people limit changes when there are more popular venues around.
Sure enough, our London office couldn’t displace the popularity of the Apple Store (the iPhone4 had just gone on sale) and Waterloo train station. It therefore seems like there can be no more than two trending venues at a time.
I guess I need to get more Latitudians signed up to 4sq!
Five visitors to get the “Trending Now” on FourSquare
Only 5 check-ins to trend?
Thanks to my colleagues at Latitude’s Warrington office, we’ve quickly confirmed that it only takes 5 check-ins from different people to make the venue appear as “Trending Now”
While FourSquare is still relatively new, I’m pretty sure this number is too low define a “popular” location, but I assume this number will change as the service becomes more popular. Either that or the threshold will increase as multiple venues “trend” at the same time.
I’ve never seen more than two venue’s trending at a time, but please send screengrabs that show otherwise.
Do you think FourSquare is a fad, or a useful marketing tool? Be sure to vote in the poll
Are you hooked on FourSquare yet?
As with twitter, I was pretty cynical about FourSquare as a social media tool, let alone a viable marketing one.
Look at all my badges!
Based on news from SMX Advanced in Seattle, it seems many businesses think the same.
As a user I’m now pretty hooked already, habitually checking into every location I visit, while getting (overly) excited when I find a venue that hasn’t been logged before, or earning a new badge. You can now show off your well-earned badges in Facebook with this nifty app.
However, the need to gain traction with businesses is clearly more of a challenge. there are very few examples of UK companies leveraging rewards for mayorships or even bespoke badges; probably due to FourSquare’s US location. At the moment, there’s a huge delay on registering your company on Foursquare if you’re outside the US so creating your own badges is going to take time.
Hopefully they’ll open a European office soon, or develop a more “self-service” approach to badge creation.
But what do you think?