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Foursquare Passes the 2.6 Million User Mark
Foursquare now has more than 2.6 million users, according to a tweet from CEO Dennis Crowley. Crowley also stated that 184,000 of those new users were gained in the last 10 days. That sort of sustained growth would push Foursquare past the 3 million-user mark by the first week of September.
Another Rogue Facebook App in the Wild
Facebook users, be aware of a new rogue application posing as a Justin Bieber-related link. As our friend Graham Cluley from Sophos explains, the app is masquerading as a link that reads, "OMG Justin Bieber trying to flirt, check it out."
The link then leads to an app called "Bieberflirting" that asks for permission to access your profile and wall. Don't fall for this rogue app.
HTC Holding a Mystery Event on September 15
Phone maker HTC is holding a mystery event on September 15, 2010, in London. The invitation to the event is very coy, reading, "Come see what HTC has dreamt up," alongside an image of a billow of smoke.
What could HTC be announcing? New handsets, a new Internet tablet? We'll have to wait to see.
Further News:
IBM announced its intentions to acquire Unica Corporation, a marketing software solutions company, for $480 million. In its press release, IBM says that the move "aims to accelerate IBM's efforts to help organizations analyze and predict customer preferences and develop more targeted marketing campaigns."
Oracle is suing Google over Android's use of Java.
Facebook has released a new version of its SDK with Open Graph support for iOS.
Twitter has officially launched its new "Tweet Buttons". TweetMeme buttons and buttons from other services like ShareThis have already converted their own buttons to the new official style.
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