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How Our Intern Led Pants' Migration to Python 3
Apr 18, 2019
While the build tool Pants has supported building and testing Python 3 code for a long time, until today, Pants itself was built entirely with Python 2. As of today, the tool can now be run entirely t...
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Foursquare Expands Attribution Solution with New Channel Measurement for Out-of-Home
Apr 15, 2019
We know advertisers are grappling with how to choose the right measurement partner. There are three key factors to consider when finding a best-in-class partner: precision in the measurement itself (w...
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How Places by Foursquare Outperforms the Competition
Mar 28, 2019
Places by Foursquare is used by 150,000 developers and leading companies such as Samsung, Uber, and Twitter to build location-based experiences into their software applications. To illustrate the scal...
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The Cost of Misinformation: Is Low Quality Location Data Impacting Your Business?
Mar 27, 2019
With the location intelligence and analytics market expected to exceed $16 billion by 2021, according to IndustryARC, marketers are clearly seeing the benefits of foot traffic data. Used to power audi...
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What to Expect from the Future of Retail
Mar 21, 2019
With the link between tech and the brick-and-mortar experience strengthening, Foursquare asked for additional perspective from Natalie Hwang, Managing Partner and Head of Simon Ventures, the world’s l...
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Avoid the Breakup. Your Customer is Waiting to be Nurtured.
Mar 19, 2019
Mobile app users are tired of generic messages from brands. To retain a loyal audience in a sea of growing competitors, nurture the relationships you’ve built with your customers through thoughtful pe...
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How Foursquare Is Helping Malls Become Destination Hubs
Mar 14, 2019
If you've been keeping up with news about malls and shopping complexes, your perspective on the format could be pretty grim. The news would have you believe that revenues are declining, vacancy rates ...
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Introducing Hypertrending
Mar 08, 2019
It’s been ten years since we launched Foursquare at SXSW in 2009. We say “launch” but back in those days it was really just “hey, let’s show our friends what we’ve been working on”....
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Good Engineers Can Become Good Leaders
Feb 12, 2019
When an engineer in the tech industry experiences career success and demonstrates significant value, a common question one asks themself is, "should I become a manager?"...
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Gym Vs. Burger? Foursquare Data Reveals When People Will Give Up Their New Year's Resolutions
Feb 06, 2019
New Year, new us, right? Apparently not. According to Forbes, 40% of Americans make self-resolutions at the beginning of each year, however only 8% actually accomplish them....
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Which Fashion Brands Have The Most Loyal Fanbase?
Jan 29, 2019
Much has been said about the retail industry: that department stores are dead, that discount stores are on the rise, that in-store technologies are the answer. Everyone agrees, however, in order to k...
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Foursquare Launches Self-Service Audience Segments
Jan 22, 2019
Data accuracy is everything for the modern marketer—but it’s not easy to come by. It continues to be an enormous challenge for those who rely on DSPs for audience segmentation and targeted communicat...
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The Future of Location Technology
Jan 10, 2019
In 2019, consumers will ask for more from the products and tools they use every day, and demand empathy and excellence from the companies in their orbit. They will want companies to take a stance on t...
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Foursquare Shows Walmart and Target on Track to Pick Up Toys "R"Us Shoppers This Holiday Season
Nov 30, 2018
Retailers are in the midst of the busiest shopping season of the year, and all bets are on the table as they eye an $11 billion opportunity following the demise of one of retail’s longest standing pla...
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Announcing the winner of our first 'Foursquare for Good' program
Nov 28, 2018
For many Americans, the past week has been spent reflecting on the things that matter most. At Foursquare, that’s also true, as we tallied up the votes for our first-ever Foursquare for Good program....
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How Improving Location Accuracy Leads to Superior Results
Nov 13, 2018
In a previous post, we looked at two of the most common approaches to location marketing — geographic versus contextual — and discussed the advantages of bringing them together in a single flexible so...
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Why Flexible Location Technology is Powering the Future of Marketing
Nov 08, 2018
Location technology has revolutionized the way companies reach, engage and understand their users. By leveraging data about where users go in the real world, businesses are able to provide more person...
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Connecting the Small Screen with the Real World
Nov 08, 2018
In 2018, more than 90% of consumer spending still happens offline, according to the U.S. Census. Layer onto that fact how more than $70 billion was spent on TV advertising in 2017, and you can see why...
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Oh, The Places We'll Go!
Nov 01, 2018
Foursquare knows travel better than most. Of course we do! Nearly a decade ago, Foursquare ushered in a new era of mobile exploration: first with our own consumer apps, Foursquare City Guide and Swarm...
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Chicago Engineering Update
Oct 23, 2018
In January, we shared an announcement that Foursquare was opening a new Midwest engineering hub. We are pleased to update that 7 months later we have hit our goal of building a team of six, and are lo...