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Just in time for the midterm elections, Foursquare unveiled a new badge – “I Voted.” The location-based social networking service has teamed up with “experienced political strategists, designers and activists” and a company called JESS3 to also launch a custom map providing a real-time visualization of check-ins for the Election Day.
Voters are encouraged to check-in by including the text “#ivoted” at their polling station and grab the new badge immediately.
The press release goes on talking about the objectives of this project:
- First, the idea is to encourage civic participation;
- Second, to increase transparency by visualizing how many voters are checking-in, and at which polling locations; and
- Third, prepare for the 2012 Presidential Elections and beyond.
You can visit the official website at elections.foursquare.com that goes live today. From there, you will be able to explore check-ins by city and state, while also getting data about the volume, time of day and gender that each polling location is experiencing.
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
