Thursday, December 13, 2012

Twitter who? Instagram cozies up to places pal Foursquare

<p>Days after giving the finger to Twitter, Instagram has puckered up to give life-long places partner Foursquare a big, wet kiss.</p><p>Foursquare, the social network centered around places, announced Wednesday that the Instagram iOS application now includes a special Foursquare button that directs people over to its places app for additional information.</p><p>The new, checkmark-styled button shows up atop all place pages inside the Instagram experience (as pictured below). Click on a venue from the Instagram stream, tap the Foursquare button on the venue page, and voila! You've been transported to the venue's Foursquare page, where you can save the place to one of your to-do lists and read up on tips.</p><p>The idea, at least on Foursquare's end, is to encourage people to save their Instagram finds for later.</p><p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/12/12/instagram-foursquare-button/">Keep reading...</a></p>

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