Jonathan, I have heard rumour that 3rd party applications wouldn't get you to mayor and it would be shame if Foursquare API's would work that way. I actually don't know. I don't play so much that I would know from my own experience. I found some conversations that says that 3rd party apps has just the same features: https://getsatisfaction.com/foursquare/topics/3rd_party_app_checkins_vs_official_app
I have earned my badges by using BlindSquare. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:30 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org> wrote: > Hi Ilkka, can you earn mayorships if you check in with Blindsquare, or do > you have to use the official app to earn them? > Jonathan Mosen > Mosen Consulting > Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training > http://Mosen.org > > On 9/07/2013, at 4:48 AM, Ilkka Pirttimaa <ilkka.pirtti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Foursquare itself is a game millions of people plays around the world. > Blindsquare (and now also Seeing Eye) benefits of the fact that this > crowdsourced game creates worlds largest active register of places around > the world. If some place is missing, someone playing Foursquare will add it > and give it category + address information, because they earn points in a > game! > > If you like to play this game, BlindSquare has full support for it too. > You can also check-in to places without publishing information about your > location to anyone. You still earn points and hear your score and who of > your Foursquare friends are in front of you. > > I know some visually impaired are friends in Foursquare and share their > checkins. They will get push notifications about friends checkins and get > to know if they are near each other. > > I have plans to have even more benefits if you start playing game while > using BlindSquare. For example, from your check-ins, BlindSquare could > learn what type of restaurants you tend to like and suggestions will get > better and better. > > I once more want to say that it is not needed to play Foursquare or even > have Foursquare account to use BlindSquare. It is just an extra twist and > kind of cool to be able to do checkin by shaking the device or even get you > automatically checked in places you have given this permission. > > > On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Matt Dierckens > <matt.dierck...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Mike. >> With foursquare, you can do something called, checking in. >> This means, you check in to the place,and you get points for checking in >> to the place. Sometimes, places like stores or restaurants will give you >> specials for checking in with 4square. >> >> On 2013-07-08, at 12:06 PM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hello Matt, >> > >> > Since I have never used BlindSquare or 4Square, I do not know what you >> mean when you talk about "checking in" to a place. Could you clarify or >> refer me to some explanatory information. >> > >> > Thanks and best regards! >> > >> > Mike >> > >> > On 8,Jul,2013, at 5:25 PM, Matt Dierckens <matt.dierck...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Mike. >> >> No, you do not need an account with 4square to use the app. The only >> reason you would need it is if you anted to check in at the place you were >> going to. >> >> On 2013-07-08, at 11:11 AM, Mike Busboom <mbusb...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I really enjoyed reading your posting, and I have one question: >> >>> >> >>> Before using BlindSquare, do you need to have an account with >> 4Square? I had heard that this was necessary, but I don't know for sure. >> >>> >> >>> Thank you very much, >> >>> >> >>> Mike >> >>> >> >>> On 29,Jun,2013, at 8:06 AM, Vivianna <irish...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> i absolutely love this app. i am still learning the new city that i >> have moved to and, this app is great for that. yesterday, for example, i >> was on paratransit. well, you know how they tend to drive you about, who >> knows where, while on your way to your destination? i started my blind >> square app and just had a listen as we were going along. we pulled into a >> parking lot, i shook the phone and it told me we were at a grocery store. >> i asked the driver; hey, are we at the grocery store and he said; we sure >> are. >> >>>> it's great for learning new streets as well as what's around you >> when on out of town trips also. >> >>>> i do use my navigation apps with ear buds though instead of >> bluetooth. i think it's just the nature of the beast but, things seem to >> be cut out completely or the first part is chopped off. >> >>>> >> >>>> Vivianna >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> . >> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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