Link: Conan O’Brien – King of Social Media “When Conan O’Brien hits stage this November, he won’t be string-dancing to an empty audience. Since leaving NBC, the funnyman has amassed an army of followers under the banner of Team Coco, a band of loyal fans that has grown thanks to O’Brien’s innovative use of social…
Link: Conan O’Brien Gets His Own Foursquare Badge (and a Blimp) “As Conan O’Brien prepares to make his big return to late night television on November 8, the comedian is also returning to his social media roots for a Foursquare promotion of giant proportions — blimp-sized, in fact.” by Jennifer Van Grove on @mashable
As a sea of reporters, journalists and bloggers were squeezed into a presentation room at Facebook HQ this evening, Facebook announced its “Facebook Places” capability. There are three components to this first release of Places: (a) you are able to share where you are; (b) you can determine where your friends are; and (c) you…
Link: Wearable Computing: Check-In Here on Foursquare (via Nike+) What would you think of having your running shoes automatically check you in on Foursquare just by walking in the front door of a venue? Well, look at a project from Nike+ for just that! by @MobileBehavior
Link: The Truth About Foursquare’s “Stalker Problem”: It Isn’t Foursquare’s Problem An interesting explanation of the Media’s infatuation and misguided attention to the wrong issue. It is a good description of this situation which doesn’t really have anything to do with Foursquare. Not saying that stalking is a non-issue, just saying that the media hasn’t…
Link: See a visualization of your FourSquare checkins. Very cool app from WeePlaces What a fun app. It takes your Foursquare check-in history and plots it over a map, while you watch in “fast-forward”, with dots on the map growing larger for venues with more check-ins. And when it’s all done, hover over any location…
