{"id":14527,"date":"2011-03-09T13:48:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T11:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=14527"},"modified":"2011-03-09T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:19:08","slug":"foursquare-releases-version-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/09\/foursquare-releases-version-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Foursquare releases version 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foursquare.com\/\">Foursquare<\/a> &#8211; an awesome location services that I use way more than I should &#8211; announces the release of Version 3. \u00a0They have a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.foursquare.com\/2011\/03\/08\/foursquare-3\/\">lengthy blog post<\/a> explaining their reasons, goals, and changes. \u00a0And I have to say that it&#8217;s exciting. \u00a0I was slightly worried that they might give up given the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/latitude\">Google Latitude<\/a> check-ins competition, but apparently they are not. \u00a0Good for them! 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