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Foursquare Updated For Android


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A hungry sojourner should have an easier time tracking down a good meal if updated iPhone and Android applications from Foursquare deliver on their promise to simplify place discovery.

The improved Explore feature offers easier access to places and locations in your vicinity, and has customized results that change with the time of day, activity of your friends on foursquare, and places that foursquare thinks might be of interest to you. There is also a new recommendations feature that will provide suggestions for places for anywhere you want by just browsing to the area with the built-in map.

The geosocial company belives users are more likely to trust advice and recommendations from their friends than from the general user base (though Brafton has reported that search recently eclipsed friend referrals in terms of influencing purchase decisions). Foursquare hopes allowing them to find companies based on their contacts’ recommendations will make the Explore tool more appealing for users.

The mobile updates underscore Foursquare’s commitment to the “virtuous circle of location-based content,” as head of product Alex Rainert previously said. The startup would like to see application users jumping between mobile and web products and serendipitously discovering new places of interest. Foursquare’s ultimate goal: to become your one-stop shop for location-based content.

Foursquare has long been one of my “must-have” apps on my Android device and those crazy kids have consistently provided new features and functionality, it’s no wonder why I love it so. The updated foursquare app is free and available to download in the Android Market or iTunes App Store now.

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