3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places

3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S.
John Koetsier, venturebeat.com

Three billion check-ins and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare’s case, that means the “Best of” series, which highlights “the most awesome places in cities across the U.S.”The location-based social network, which …

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Crowdsourcing app will measure the world for a week through smartphones

Crowdsourcing app will “measure the world” for a week through smartphones
Sean Gallagher, arstechnica.com

If you’ve ever had trou­ble explain­ing the con­cept of “big data” to some­one—or had trou­ble wrap­ping your brain around the buzz­word your­self—Rick Smolan wants to help. But how do you demon­strate big data? It’s the some­what abstract,…

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