{"id":89400,"date":"1999-12-31T00:39:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/hi-5-foursquare-obama-social-check-in-boost\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:39:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:39:00","slug":"hi-5-foursquare-obama-social-check-in-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/hi-5-foursquare-obama-social-check-in-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi-5 Foursquare: Obama Social &#8216;Check In&#8217; Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US president serves up a dose of street cred to the &#8216;check-in&#8217; site by signing on.<\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"4\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"Right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"300\" height=\"300\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201108170200296d038.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=562, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/201108170200296d038_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">Obama&#8217;s social networking quadrant is now complete &#8211; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and now Foursquare, where members check-in via smartphone and find out where friends are.<\/font><br \/><\/font><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">President Barack Obama has joined in the check-in fun and will be checking in to various locations as he embarks on an economic policy bus tour of USA and &#8220;is the latest way for you to engage with the administration,&#8221; according to the White House blog.&nbsp;<\/font><\/p>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">Foursquare, which has 10 million members, could also be handy web tool as Democrats looking to drum up support for his next presidential campaign in 2012.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">Many are already citing the move as &#8216;crucial&#8217; for the success of his bid for re-election.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">The web friendly President&nbsp;already has racked up over 12,000 followers.&nbsp;<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\">&#8220;You can follow the President on the road through Cannon Falls, Minnesota; Decorah and Peosta, Iowa; and Atkinson and Alpha, Illinois. 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