Curiosity rover checks in on Mars using Foursquare

(Phys.org)—NASA's Curiosity Mars rover checked in on Mars Wednesday using the mobile application Foursquare. This marks the first check-in on another planet. Users on Foursquare can keep up with Curiosity as the rover checks ...

Foursquare unveils location-based ad service

Location-based social network Foursquare on Tuesday unveiled a new service that aims to deliver targeted ads to customers "based on the places they go in the physical world."

Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline

(AP) -- Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.

Foursquare location service adds comment, photos

(AP) -- Foursquare, a popular location-sharing service for smart phones, is now letting you upload a photo of that tasty burger you're about to bite into. You can also let your friend know, through a comment on his recent ...

Review: Foursquare a fun complement to city jaunts

(AP) -- At first, I didn't see the point of Foursquare, the mobile service that turns sharing your location with friends into a game of sorts. More than a year later, I still don't, but I'm hooked - much to the chagrin of ...

Foursquare tops six million members

Location-sharing service Foursquare on Monday announced that its ranks grew by 3,400 percent in the past year and that it now has more than six million registered users.

Foursquare tops 10 million members

Ranks of Foursquare users have continued to swell this year, with more than 10 million people sharing their locations with gadgets tapped into the service.

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