Foursquare Licenses Trickling Firehose of Check-in Data to Gnip
Foursquare has tapped the social data reseller Gnip to be the exclusive distributor of its check-in data, the companies said today.
Foursquare has tapped the social data reseller Gnip to be the exclusive distributor of its check-in data, the companies said today.
Each time a Foursquare user checks in, Gnip will see the name of the venue, the time of day and the gender of the user.
“Location is one of the most interesting ways to view data,” said Gnip in a press release.
It’s an interesting move for Foursquare. The service boasts nearly 4 billion total check-ins since it launched in 2009, but it has
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