While entering information, you can also pick the category of the venue e. Bar, Wings and add tags and tips. Ah, yes. Foursquare lets you leave tips for your friends to discover when they check into places.
You can leave tips to let people know about your favorite experiences e. You can add tips to your To Dos list on your profile. Once you've completed an action, it will be added to your activity stream. Tips are currently tied to places, so you will need to type in the name of a place in order to leave a tip.
Foursquare can be a lot of fun once you get into it. It's a good way to compete with your friends and it helps you get out more. As more and more businesses get on board, I'm sure we will be seeing some interesting and creative ways to use such geolocation apps. Since Foursquare is one of the more popular apps out there, it will be particularly interesting to see where it is headed. If you still have any questions about Foursquare that I did not address, you should check out their in-depth FAQ page.
Do you use Foursquare or any other geolocation apps? Where do you see this technology headed? What have you become the Mayor of? Please leave your thoughts, ideas, and comments below!
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They'll be used to reward explorers for discovering new places and offering insight. You know, now that the namesake option is going to be focused on local search and reviews. An object containing none, some, or all of address street address , crossStreet , city , state , postalCode , country , lat , lng , and distance. An array, possibly empty, of categories that have been applied to this venue. Boolean indicating whether the owner of this business has claimed it and verified the information.
Contains checkinsCount total checkins ever here , usersCount total users who have ever checked in here , and tipCount number of tips here.
Contains the hours during the week that the venue is open along with any named hours segments in a human-readable format. An object containing url and mobileUrl that display the menu information for this venue. An object containing the price tier from 1 least pricey - 4 most pricey and a message describing the price tier. Numerical rating of the venue 0 through Information about who is here now.
Contains the total count of tips and groups with friends and others as groupType s. A grouped response of lists that contain this venue.
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