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Despite the press, geolocation service Foursquare is still pretty small. But it’s proven influential in another way: the phenomenon of “checking in” has spread beyond telling people where you are, and a handful of services now focus on letting you “check in” to what you’re doing–whether it’s attending a concert or reading one of those [...]

It’s been fewer than four months since the much-hyped “location wars” of the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, where eager onlookers were quick to pit rival “check-in” services Foursquare and Gowalla against one another to see which one dominated the social-media-crazed nerdfest. Yet, by most accounts, Foursquare has emerged victorious. Earlier this week, a set [...]

AUSTIN, Texas–Twitter CEO Evan Williams took no time in getting to the juicy part of his keynote address at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival on Monday afternoon. He announced the “@Anywhere” platform, a way to pull Twitter links and data onto partner sites and media outlets. A brief demo of @Anywhere showed off “hovercards” [...]

AUSTIN, Texas–Some were wondering if Twitter’s big Monday announcement at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) would be an attempt to one-up Google in search ads. But, no: With its new @Anywhere technology, the company’s real target may be Facebook’s successful Facebook Connect. The Twitter announcement was part of a talk by CEO Evan [...]

With only a few days to go before the annual South by Southwest Interactive, location-based mobile networking service Foursquare has unveiled its plans for the Austin, Texas digital culture festival: 16 new “badges” that users can unlock by “checking in” to certain venues, with cryptic names like “Swimmies,” “Decathlon,” and “Survivor.” The company says users [...]