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PC Magazine Reports
Foursquare and Google have partnered up to test location-based, mobile check-ins at the convention center of Google I/O, the search giant's developer conference taking place this week in San Francisco. Owners of smartphones equipped with near-field communication (NFC) technology, like the new Nexus S 4G,, will be able to check-in on Foursquare and receive a special Google I/O badge by tapping their phones against posters. Or if you, like most U.S. smartphone owners, don't have an NFC-enabled phone, you can scan a QR code on the poster instead. "NFC is, obviously, a long way from being available everywhere and in all phones, but we're excited by some of the potential. Google I/O attendees: have fun tapping in," Foursquare wrote in a blog post.Read More at PC Magazine
