MobileCrunch - Posted Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:23:44 UTC +00:00

Everyone’s favorite check-in service Foursquare is rolling out a major redesign of its developer site today, with a focus on making it easier for new developers to find their way around. The website now offers better organized links to guides and resources, a revamped Getting Started Guide and a new “Showcase” section which promotes some of Foursquare’s own favorite apps. The company originally launched its developer website back in December 2010 and is now seeing nearly 2,000 requests per second to its API from a community that includes over 10,000 developers. In fact, there are so many applications being built on top of the Foursquare platform, that the company launched its very own app store last year just to keep them all organized. Of those apps, only nine have the honor of being listed as Foursquare’s favorite case studies in the Developer Showcase: Instagram, Thrillist, Localmind, Foodspotting, GoSocial by American Express, Read More

TechCrunch - Posted Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:23:44 UTC +00:00

Everyone’s favorite check-in service Foursquare is rolling out a major redesign of its developer site today, with a focus on making it easier for new developers to find their way around. The website now offers better organized links to guides and resources, a revamped Getting Started Guide and a new “Showcase” section which promotes some of Foursquare’s own favorite apps. The company originally launched its developer website back in December 2010 and is now seeing nearly 2,000 requests per second to its API from a community that includes over 10,000 developers. In fact, there are so many applications being built on top of the Foursquare platform, that the company launched its very own app store last year just to keep them all organized. Of those apps, only nine have the honor of being listed as Foursquare’s favorite case studies in the Developer Showcase: Instagram, Thrillist, Localmind, Foodspotting, GoSocial by American Express, Read More

148 Apps - Posted Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:30:01 UTC +00:00

By Jennifer Allen on November 15th, 2011 Take video clips and leave them for friends with Clingle. We’ve all seen countless check in type apps like FourSquare and Facebook‘s built in functionality but that doesn’t stop developers devising new ways of adding extra features to such a simple concept. This is precisely what’s happened with Clingle. Clingle offers all the check in functionality anyone would expect but on top of that, it offers the ability to take photos, add video footage and even discover great deals and discounts in the local area. Users can leave surprise messages for friends to receive when they reach the relevant position. The chance to earn real life goodies in the form of the Clingle store is also available soon for those in India and USA. While some of it might sound a lot like Foursquare, it’s the interactivity such as adding video and iTunes audio Read More