Category: Buzz

Late last week, Foursquare added a new method for editing hours that makes it much easier to add the hours a business is open. The new feature allows users to copy and paste hours from the venue’s website, which are then automatically parsed by Foursquare to match their format.

Now that Facebook has completed the rollout of their new Timeline design to all users, it’s time to take a look at Foursquare’s new box that can be added to your profile. It highlights all your activity on Foursquare that’s been shared to Facebook.

Foursquare has now expanded the number of menus offered on their site and in the mobile apps thanks to a new partnership with Locu, the same company powering menus on Yelp. Menus entered or updated by business managers on Locu will be published to Foursquare in real time. They’ll also be passing along updates to [...]

Foursquare has added a series of advanced filtering options to the desktop version of Explore to make it easy to narrow your results down to exactly the right place.

Despite Foursquare’s focus on the check-in metric to provide accurate recommendations, they’re still in need of tips to really compete in the local search arena. To that end, they’ve recently begun two email campaigns meant to get more users adding tips. The first email welcomes users back once they’ve returned home after a trip. It [...]