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Localmind Uses Foursquare & Facebook Checkins for Q&A Platform May 03, 2011 by Jennifer Van Grove 25 562 inShareShare on Tumblremailshare inShare562Share on TumblremailshareAds by Google Vidro Partido-iPhones3/4 - Reparação na Loja-Parque das Nações Recolhas e Entregas para todo Paìs www.iservices.com.pt The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: Localmind Quick Pitch: Localmind gives you the ability to know what’s happening at any place you care about. Genius Idea: Adding a Q&A layer on top of checkins. While no single checkin application has seen truly mass adoption, the combined user base of these apps means at any given time, someone somewhere in the world is probably checked in at a venue you want to know more about. At least, that’s the premise behind Localmind. Localmind, a startup with apps for web, iPhone and Android, is essentially a question-and-answer layer that sits on top of Foursquare, Facebook Places and Gowalla. Sign up with Localmind, connect to one or more services, and the next time you check in, you could be fed a question about that venue from another curious user. “The basic idea of Localmind is to

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