After recent announcements by Foursquare of partnerships with big time players like Zagat the New York Times and Bravo Gowalla is fighting back with its own major media.

As we noted last week Foursquare has begun revamping the history area of its website. For me I apparently have a.

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One common complaint about Foursquare is that in a increasingly crowded locationbased space its not pretty enough when compared to the likes of Brightkite and Gowalla. com and click on the history tab you can now see a timeline of all the places youve checked in as well as your friends who checked in along with you stretching back to December.

A startup called Bazaar Labs just released a new app called Miso way to share what movies and TV shows. This is likely part of the larger goal to completely revamp the website itself which isnt very useful right now and this data also ties in to.

HubSpot blog article discussing a recent case study about how a restaurant owner attracted over 150 people to his burger joint using Foursquare.

Today at the 140tc Twitter Confernece in Seattle Washington which I keynoted this morning Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes announced that its popular Twitter.

Foursquare and Gowalla are gearing up for a checkin battle next week in Austin during SXSW and we will be there. However its iPhone app originally launched in 2009. The new iPhone app launching soon should help that.

trispic2 Foursquare Confirms Restaurant Dashboard Alpha Testing In a new article in trade magazine Nations Restaurant News Foursquares Tristan Walker at right who is making business development waves with deals with Zagat.

Foursquare the mobile service which brings together social cityguides and locationbased gaming is normally available for iPhone Blackberry PalmPre and Android devices. I am a huge fan of both locationbased services and its exciting to see all the changes both companies are rolling out.

Four square is a ball game played among four individuals on a square court divided into quadrants. With such little required equipment, almost no setup, and short rounds of play that can be ended at any time, it is a popular playground game.

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Four square is played on any hard surfaced court, such as wood or asphalt (but can be played indoors in large, carpeted areas when outdoor weather conditions prohibit play). The court is divided into four smaller squares of equal size. Each of the four squares has a rank and is occupied by a single player. The ranks are arranged so that the highest ranking square is positioned diagonally across the court from the lowest ranking square.

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