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'''Foursquare''' is a location based application on mobile devices that allows one to check-in their location where ever they want.  It is one of the most famous location-based service and is used by over 40 million people.  Foursquare is another type of social networking media that allows people to post their location and share it with their followers.  Users follow people and are followed by people in the exact same way that [[Twitter]] handles their users.  There are many different aspects to foursquare that make it an appealing application.  People use foursquare for reasons such
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{{Infobox Dotcom company
 
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| company_name        = Foursquare Labs, Inc.
 
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| company_slogan      =
 
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| owner                =
 
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| company_logo        = [[File:Foursquare logo.svg|230px]]
 
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| caption              =
 
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| company_type        = [[Private company|Private]]
 
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| foundation          = [[New York City]], [[New York]], USA
 
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| founder              = [[Dennis Crowley]]<br>[[Naveen Selvadurai]]
 
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| area_served          = [[World]]wide
 
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| location_city        = [[New York City, New York]]
 
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| location_country    = [[United States]]
 
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| key_people          = [[Dennis Crowley]], Co-Founder, [[CEO]]<br>
 
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                        [[Naveen Selvadurai]], Co-Founder
 
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| revenue              =
 
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| homepage            = [https://foursquare.com/ foursquare.com]
 
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| screenshot          =
 
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| caption              =
 
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| num_employees        = approx. 100
 
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| url                  = {{URL|http://foursquare.com}}
 
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| registration        = Required
 
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| launch_date          = March 11, 2009
 
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| current_status      = Active
 
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| language            = [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]], [[French language|French]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Thai language|Thai]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
 
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| advertising          =
 
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| alexa                = {{DecreasePositive}} 501 ({{as of|2013|10|1|alt=October 2013}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/foursquare.com |title= Foursquare.com Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2013-10-01 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.-->
 
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| num_users            = 33 million<ref name="vator">{{cite news | first = | last = | title = foursquare: about | year = 2013 | url = http://blog.foursquare.com/2013/04/11/continuing-foursquares-growth/ | work = foursquare | accessdate = 2013-06-27}}</ref>
 
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| website_type        = [[Social Networking]]
 
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'''Foursquare''' is a location based application on mobile devices that allows one to check-in their location where ever they want.  It is one of the most famous location-based service and is used by over 40 million people.  Foursquare is another type of social networking media that allows people to post their location and share it with their followers.  Users follow people and are followed by people in the exact same way that [[Twitter]] handles their users.  There are many different aspects to foursquare that make it an appealing application.  People use
 

Revision as of 22:20, 27 October 2013

Foursquare is a location based application on mobile devices that allows one to check-in their location where ever they want. It is one of the most famous location-based service and is used by over 40 million people. Foursquare is another type of social networking media that allows people to post their location and share it with their followers. Users follow people and are followed by people in the exact same way that Twitter handles their users. There are many different aspects to foursquare that make it an appealing application. People use foursquare for reasons such

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