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Ah, So That’s What You’re Supposed to Do With Foursquare!

The "check-in service" explains why it's not really a "check-in service" at all.

Hello, Brooklyn! You’ve Got Your Very Own VC Fund.

Charlie O'Donnell leaves First Round Capital and sets up shop across the bridge. (Don't worry, he'll stray out of King's County, too.)

A web-first politics site for NBC News: Vivian Schiller on the launch of NBCPolitics.com

NBC News keeps its political reporting in lots of different places. There’s Chuck Todd on Twitter, in the evening with Brian Williams and the Nightly News Crew, online at MSNBC’s First Read, or your Sunday morning coffee date with David Gregory on Meet the Press. That diffusion is part of why today they’re launching NBCPolitics.com,......

Dear Foursquare and LivingSocial: Thanks for the Ad! (Seriously, Thanks for the Ad.)

Daily-deal guys and location services are supposed to link up and produce shopping bliss. That hasn't happened, yet. But this is what it could look like ...

5 Questions Publishers Should Ask Before Committing to a Social Platform

Business content on MediaShift is sponsored by the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, which offers an intensive, cutting edge, three semester Master of Arts in Journalism; a unique one semester Advanced Certificate in Entrepreneurial Jo...

Why Betaworks Broke Up the Band

Andy Weissman jumps from the incubator/holding company to become a full-time investor at Union Square Ventures. That wasn't the plan a few months ago.

With Redbox deal, Foursquare goes beyond bar hoppers

Beginning next week, Redbox users will be able to get discounts on rentals when they check in at kiosks on Foursquare. For the location-based service, it's one way to grab new users who don't already share where they are, and introduce them to new places.

How Social Media ‘Friends’ Translate Into Real-Life Friendships

When social media first gained attention, I heard many people scoff that these online connections couldn't possibly be real friends. Some even used "Facebook friend" as a synonym for shallowness, fearing people might trade face-to-face int...

Marc Andreessen Wishes You Were A Robot (At Least Behind the Wheel)

Any time you stand in line at the D.M.V. and look around, you’re like, Oh, my God, I wish all these people were replaced by computer drivers. Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today. Marc Andreessen, talking to the New...

Has Foursquare Finally Hit the Big Time?

Tweet Unlocking location-based deals on everything from coffee to running shoes has been part of the social media vernacular for a number of years. After all, offering up your location data to retailers and allow companies to pitch you discounts and specials was how many companies aimed to become profitable. Yet only 4% of Americans...

A Start-Up Matures, Working With AmEx

American Express cardholders will receive discounts at certain shops and restaurants on their cellphone through an alliance with Foursquare.

Mirror Awards Celebrate Media: Hoping It’s Not Same, Old

The media universe is more multifaceted, and confused, than ever, something Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley alluded to at the Mirror Awards on Tuesday."Even though we're a technology company, we behave like we are a media company," h...