TIME and Foursquare have teamed-up for the 2012 political conventions to allow TIME followers on Foursquare who attend the Republican National Convention in Tampa on August 27-30 and/or the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte from September 3-5 to unlock the unique TIME-Foursquare badges, pictured above. Aside from new badges, attendees will also get access to a curated list of must-attend venues and events.
But that’s not all with TIME.com also gearing-up to broadcast updates from reporters, newsmakers and VIPs as they check-in on Foursquare, and to provide users with a visualization of convention activity. This in turn will enable political junkies not attending the conventions to stay current on all the on-the-ground action.
So if you like what you’ve just read and if you feel like an additional source of information can’t harm you, you are free to start following TIME from foursquare.com/time…