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Foursquare Adds NFC Support To Its Android App

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In addition to the updated “Explore” feature that rolled out to Foursquare’s Android and iPhone applications this week, the social discovery service also added a special feature to its Android app that sort of flew under the radar: support for NFC.

NFC, or near field communication, allows devices to exchange data over short distances, typically with a wave or a tap. In Foursquare’s Android update, NFC support has been added for the app’s Venue, Lists and Me pages.

Waze 3.0 brings Yelp, Foursquare integration

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Waze this morning has taken the wraps off Version 3.0, which brings Foursquare and Yelp integration to the Android navigation app. It's also bringing a new minimal user interface, and social location stack, meaning more community-currated information than ever.

We've got the full press release and download links after the break.

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Path for Android updates to fix ICS-Twitter authentication

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I've been desperately trying to convert from Foursquare to Path for bothering most of my social networks at once, but a pretty critical bug was keeping that from happening. But Path's just released an update that fixes Twitter authentication in Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as keeping push notifications from being delivered if, in fact, that's the way you want it.

Using Foursquare to Map the History of Rap, Starting With Tupac [VIDEO]

Submitted by Mashable on

Want to walk in the literal footsteps of some legendary rappers? The work of one avid Foursquare user will let you do just that.

PR Manager Paul Rayment is mapping the history of famous rappers on the location-based service, adding note-worthy locations in the buildup to their careers. Rayment has mapped Tupac’s roots and he plans to chronicle Jay-Z next.

Check out the video above to learn more.

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