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[ITProPortal.com / News] Facebook Close To Launching Foursquare Geolocation Competitor ...: In a statement to CENT, Facebook spokesperson Larry Yu said: “We are working on location features and product integrations, which we'll be launching in the coming months, and we'll share more details when appropriate.”

[Non Domesticated ThinkerNon Domesticated Thinker] Facebook and Priovacy Once Agan: Facebook's Foursquare competitor ...: But multiple sources also hinted that, given Hot Potato’s focus on checking specifically into events, he may also be charged with revamping Facebook’s own event listing and invitations product. It’s possible that it could work both ways, and that Facebook Events would be one of the existing Facebook features into which geolocation would integrate first.

[CNET Australia] Facebook's Foursquare competitor is imminent - Internet ...: But multiple sources also hinted that, given Hot Potato's focus on checking specifically into events, he may also be charged with revamping Facebook's own event listing and invitations product. It's possible that it could work both ways, and that Facebook Events would be one of the existing Facebook features into which geolocation would integrate first.

[Digital Trends] Facebook Geolocation Software is Coming Soon: Sources have told Cnet that Facebook is currently working with the developer Localeze, the company responsible for Twitter users being able to attach locations to tweets. Earlier in the year, Facebook also purchased the company Hot Potato, which is known for its “check-in” service.

[CNET News.com] Facebook's Foursquare competitor is imminent | The Social - CNET News: It should be noted that Facebook also expressed interest in outright acquiring Foursquare, as was well-reported amid the media frenzy over whether Foursquare would raise another round of funding or would sell to a prospective suitor--namely Facebook or Yahoo. (It opted for the venture funding in a round led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz.) One source told CNET that Facebook offered Foursquare $120 million;

[D' Technology Weblog] Facebook “Check-Ins” (Foursquare Competitor) Launch Imminent: Facebook's reaction to CNET was voiced by spokesman Larry Yu: "We're working on location features and product integrations, which we'll be launching in the coming months, and we'll share more details when appropriate."

[LiveCitizen» Online poll, live debate and discussions | LiveCitizen.com] Facebook's Foursquare-like location tool is coming, sources say: (CNET) ”” The long-rumored geolocation “check-in” feature at Facebook is slated to debut within weeks, multiple sources familiar with. “We are working on location features and product integrations, which we'll be launching in the coming months, and we'll share more details when appropriate,” spokesman Larry Yu told CNET.

[Online News Blog] The next new feature of Facebook looks like Foursquare - techno ...: “We're working to add features and integration with the location of several new products that will attend the next few months,” said Facebook spokesperson Larry Yu. Although already square off for providing location services, so far Facebook has not used the geo-location tool, which is usually used to indicate the place.

[Oneupweb : StraightUpSocial Blog] Facebook Getting Geolocation Services Soon: Speculation regarding geolocation features started earlier this year when many were certain that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was going to announce them at the F8 conference in April , however, Open Graph was introduced instead.

[Search Engine Watch Blog] Facebook Mulling Check-Ins Launch In Coming Weeks [Report] @SEWatch: CNET sources said the check-ins will be made possible through an API for third-party companies that will integrate their data into the Facebook flow. Citing various unnamed sources within the developer community, the publication said the API is being built out "hard core," while the internal deadline for it would possibly be next week although the company has no specified whether such a deadline could be met.

[Be Sociable] Be Sociable » Blog Archive » Is Facebook Ready to Bounce FourSquare!: Start-ups like Foursquare, Loopt, and Gowalla were getting the press, not big players like Facebook or Google (whose Latitude location-sharing platform hasn’t become much of a sensation). Since then, Foursquare has begun to pull away from the competition and make inroads into bringing the check-in market from the early-adopter crowd to the mainstream, and Twitter’s geotagged tweets have been live for months now, too.

[Untitled] Should facebook be a place to geolocate, too - HeyWhatEverSOCIAL ...: Some say that Facebook has partnered with Localeze, the local-search company that powers Twitter's "Places" directory -- which lets Twitter users attach a location to their tweets if they are posting from a location-enabled device -- to provide a business directory infrastructure for the forthcoming geolocation product.

[Daily News BlogDaily News Blog] Facebook Adds Location Features | ticknewsblog.com: So far, Facebook has not yet started any geo-location tool, though it seemed a logical next step. However, when it launched a new feature then it would constitute a major threat to social network-based location, such as the Foursquare and Gowalla, who are just starting to take off.

[The DoubleDutch Blog] Geolocation and Conferences | The DoubleDutch Blog: The hashtag is a clever hack on Twitter for managing these temporary sorts of networks, but adds an additional level of complexity for intra conference communications. On Foursquare and Facebook, there is simply no good way to filter out all the noise coming from people who are not at the conference.

[TNW Location] And Facebook's Big Geolocation Announcement is”¦ *crickets*: Lawrence, I'd say they're building it completely in house with deep integration with their facebook fan pages. Even if they do mention some heavy partnership or even Foursquare acquisition, a few months from now deep integration with their fan pages will exist.

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