The geo-local check-in service launched at the New York Tech Meetup and then took SouthBy by storm.
Prior to Skillshare, Karnjanaprakorn led the product team at check-in service provider Hot Potato, which was acquired by Facebook to build its Places tool.
The social check-in service Foursquare just celebrated a booming 2010 by producing this infographic that shows where, when and why people check-in using the service.
But the company is mainly built on the location-based check-in service.
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Foursquare emerged at the South By Southwest conference in 2009 with its check-in service for people to share find where their friends are in real-time.
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Last year, Facebook also unveiled a check-in service for its phone apps that allow users to volunteer their location to friends, and also find deals from nearby businesses.
Unlike some Web-based phenoms, the location check-in service Foursquare has an obvious potential business model: local ads based on your geographic location, perhaps coupled with inferred interests from your previous check-ins.
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Time magazine, for example, has formed a partnership with Foursquare, a location-based mobile check-in service, for the conventions, in which Time has provided content that users can unlock when they get to certain locations in Tampa and Charlotte.
Less than a month after photo social network Instagram caught huge flak over advertiser-friendly changes to its privacy policy (and claimed it was misunderstood), another social network, the location check-in service Foursquare, has announced revenue-friendly changes to its privacy policy.
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This check-in payment service, a process Dorsey compares to creating a running tab at a bar, launched with 50 coffee shops and other stores in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington and St.
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This makes it easier to scale check-in capacity to meet demand, and enables even small airlines to offer self-service check-in.
But they also have exclusive in-house amenities, such as a private lobby desk and concierge staff, with escorted in-room iPad registration, one of the best upgrades you can get in a city where main lobby registration, even at top hotels, often resembles the economy class check-in line at JFK. The 24-hour room service features the first-ever in-room dining menu designed by the man himself, culinary legend Nobu Matsuhisa.
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Changes to Delta's self-service check-in kiosk designs were launched across all worldwide locations in September on more than 2, 500 individual kiosks.
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Once completed, Nobu Hotel will have 180 rooms, 16 suites, a private elevator bank leading up to the hotel tower, a separate check-in area and its own service staff.
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To speed up the check-in process, it also has service agents roam the passenger lines with tiny printers that spew out boarding passes.
The carrier is already experimenting with self-service baggage check- in.
Hyatt has adopted the new wave of remote service by getting rid of check-in desks and the concierge.
Club guests have a private check-in desk, access to the Virginia Room for concierge service and dining, and a private terrace and garden.
"BAA provides a free service up to the point of check-in when the airlines take over and they provide assistance from the check-in to the aircraft", a BAA spokeswoman told BBC News Online.
There's still an old-fashioned check-in counter, but most of the baggage drop points are self service.
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Foursquare is putting your check-in data to use through its new partnership with Gnip, a service that aggregates social media APIs.
To find out, you might do worse than check out a recent article by Frances Frei, a world-renowned guru in service management and a Harvard teaching legend. and Anne Morriss, a leader in strategy, leadership and institutional change.
For example, Santa Barbara Vacation Rentals in Southern California offers a free grocery shopping and delivery service for guests who complete a list 72 hours before check-in, and the items will be waiting in the unit when they arrive.
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Notably not in attendance (or at least, not visible at the event) were location service startups Foursquare and Gowalla, much of whose value lies in the rich database of check-ins they are sitting on.
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