{"id":1117,"date":"2012-10-16T10:20:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T09:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2012-10-16T10:20:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T09:20:04","slug":"the-new-foursquare-is-awesome-and-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/?p=1117","title":{"rendered":"The New Foursquare Is Awesome and Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows I live by gamification, whether it is Foursquare badges or Nike Fuel Band points.<\/p>\n<p>I use Foursquare to discover new places to go to and when I&#8217;m abroad, it is my partner in crime: I use <a href=\"http:\/\/4sqwifi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4sqwifi<\/a> to find nearby venues which offer WiFi and their password and I rarely order dishes in a restaurant without looking at Foursquare tips first.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Fourquare has revamped its homepage and it&#8217;s just awesome.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/01-4sq-HomePage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/01-4sq-HomePage.png\" alt=\"4sq-HomePage\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If I&#8217;m looking for good sushi places, all I have to do is go to foursquare.com and type &#8220;sushi&#8221;, target a district (if you live in a big city) or let Foursquare use my location and click &#8220;Search&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/02-Sushi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/02-Sushi.png\" alt=\"Sushi Place\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1119\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the best thing is? You don&#8217;t need to be on Foursquare to access the Explore function. But it will probably convince you to download the app and use it on the go. And then you&#8217;ll earn badges, leave tips and get addicted (been there, done that). If you sign up or log in, you can start getting personalized recommendations, for example by choosing places you&#8217;ve never been to before, those your friends have been to or even places with Foursquare specials.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nataliecopuroglu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/03-Show-me-places-300x54.png\" alt=\"Show me places\" width=\"300\" height=\"54\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With its 3 billion checkins and 30 million of tips, Foursquare is a real gem for discovering new venues. Give it a go and let me know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows I live by gamification, whether it is Foursquare badges or Nike Fuel Band points. This week, Fourquare has revamped its homepage and it&#8217;s just awesome. Find out what&#8217;s new!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[62,64,89,93,145,148],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nataliecopuroglu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}