Bounce the Globe: Foursquare Now Global

Jan05

by Chad Catacchio

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Just a few short hours after we said, “Word has it they are expanding to “everywhere” this month”, Foursquare went ahead and beat our expectations and just announced that users can now check-in from any location worldwide.

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Of course, users in new areas will still have to create locations in their city (which still isn’t ideal), but this is a big improvement over what Foursquare was before – a walled-multi-city that not everyone could participate in. Obviously, we anticipate that this move will dramatically increase Foursquare’s usage and appeal.

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  • http://www.doubledutch.me Lawrence Coburn

    Hmmm… it looks like they put in a global add type feature. This is smart.

    What’s unclear to me is if they have added local business data, or if this expansion is 100% dependent on the user to add the venues.

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