Location-based social network Foursquare is reportedly in talks with major companies in the search space, including giants such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo. In an interview with the Telegraph, Foursquare’s co-founder Dennis Crowley said the talks could lets people search for local information provided by Foursquare on major search engines. “Our data generates hugely interesting […]
Location-based social network Foursquare is reportedly in talks with major companies in the search space, including giants such as Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
In an interview with the Telegraph, Foursquare’s co-founder Dennis Crowley said the talks could lets people search for local information provided by Foursquare on major search engines.
“Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would enrich search,” Crowley said.
“We can anonymise data and use it to show venues which are trending at that moment. Twitter helped the world and the search engines know what people are talking about. Foursquare would allow people to search for the types of place people are going to – and where is trending – not what.”
20/07/2010
Microsoft and Foursquare already have a deal which puts tips from Foursquare users on Bing Maps.
On the other hand, Crowley has connections with Google reaching back to 2005, when he sold the text messaging app Dodgeball to the search giant.
Foursquare recently raised capital at a $95 million valuation, reaching a user base of about 2 million members.
Read the Telegraph interview here.
