Yelp for iPhone Adds Foursquare
June 5, 2010
Worldwide news – tech gadgets
The latest iteration of Yelp’s iPhone app is not live but the company’s blog provides some insight about what is coming soon and it is the badges, and a hierarchy of “royalty� that lets you “rule� venues, neighborhoods, and even cities.
This app is very mush similar to Foursquare’s mayorship feature, and allows Yelp users with the most checkins become the “Duke� or “Duchess� of a particular venue.
But Yelp does not stop here infact goes a step further with the hierarchy, though, offering users with most Dukedoms in a scrupulous neighborhood to be named the “Baron� and even a “King� to be crowned for most Dukedoms in a whole city.
The company acknowledges on its blog that “we’re not the first ones to offer checkins,� but that adding these features “furthers Yelp’s mission of connecting people with and supporting great local businesses.� Yelp also grants a quantity of statistics behind why they are investing in new mobile features: a full 27% of all searches on the review site come from their iPhone app.
Posted by Angelia Kates · Filed Under Tech Gadgets
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