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Foursquare Places is a database of venue information representing 120+ million commercial points-of-interest (POI) across 200+ countries and territories. [47] Foursquare maintains the Places database and updates the data in real time through a combination of first-party data, third-party data, and its Geosummarizer ML model. [48]
Foursquare started out in 2009 in 100 worldwide metro areas. [27] In January 2010, Foursquare changed their location model to allow check-ins from any location worldwide. [28] In September 2010 Foursquare announced version 2.0 of its check-in app which aimed to direct users to new locations and activities, rather than just sharing their location.
Location and check-in data collected in Swarm are used to improve a user's recommendations in Foursquare City Guide. Splitting check-ins and general location sharing into the separate Swarm app was designed to let the main Foursquare app focus on exploring and discovering information on locations in a Yelp-like fashion. [5]
Location-based social networking on the iPhone is a tough game to play, apparently -- the popular Yelp app [iTunes link] has recently updated to version 4.0, and along with a friend finder, hooks ...
In 2009, Selvadurai co-founded Foursquare with Dennis Crowley. It is a location-based social networking website for mobile devices, such as smartphones. Users "check in" at venues using a mobile website, text messaging or a device-specific application by selecting from a list of venues the application locates nearby. [14]
[4] [7] After Google abandoned the Dodgeball project in 2007, [8] [9] Crowley found work at a company called Area/Code where he met Naveen Selvadurai and co-founded Foursquare in 2009. [ 2 ] [ 10 ] Foursquare, known for its location intelligence offerings for both enterprises and consumers, is used by more than 50 million people every month. [ 11 ]
PayPal/X.com. After selling Zip2, a software company designed to help newspapers build online city guides, to Compaq Computer in 1999, Musk used the proceeds to create X.com.
Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery.The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles.