Foursquare think outside the box
Kevin Neary
July 20, 2010
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Tags: Andreessen Horowitz, Android, Bing, Blackberry, British Telegraph, Denis Crowley, foursquare, google, iPhone, Microsoft, Yahoo
Foursquare, the latest social network on the block is back in the headlines this week. The British Telegraph reported yesterday (Monday 19th of July) that Foursquare is in talks with “everyone”, including the three major search engine giants Google, Yahoo and Microsoft regarding a data partnership.
The location based social networking site was founded by Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai in March 2009. Foursquare describes itself as “a mobile application that is a cross between a friend-finder, a social city-guide, and a game … Continue Reading
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