Tonight you’ll be able to unlock one of the easiest badges we’ve ever seen.  Between the hours of 8pm and 4am, local time, just check in to any venue and get the badge.  This is what you’ll see when you unlock the badge:    “Happy New Year!  Thanks for all your check-ins, tips, photos, comments  and badge unlocks in 2010. Here’s to a happy and healthy 2011 – and a  hangover free tomorrow.”

  Wow, all this time I’ve been talking about new badges on Foursquare and I haven’t even done a review yet?  Sheesh!  Well, here at EctoCooler, Foursquare has been a hit so far.  A few of the others (I won’t mention any names), have yet to venture into the world of location based social media.  I remember first checking out Foursquare right when it came out and I literally thought to myself, “What a stupid idea.” “Who [...]

A lot of things happening lately with Foursquare, with new badges and all.  A week ago, I reported the Swimmies Badge has made a comeback.  But, after a little more research, I found there are several new badges that have popped up in the last month or so.  One in particular, is getting a ton of news.  MTV’s Get Yourself Tested Badge is all the rage on blogs and news sites lately.  This badge is a [...]

The swimmies badge, once a limited-time SXSWbadge, has re-emerged with different text, that suggests you need to check in five times near bodies of water. It is unclear whether there are more specific criteria to unlock the badge as of right now, but if this new-old badge is a sign of things to come, I’m sure more people will be excited to use foursquare more often. This badge seems to have been re-released today, Aug [...]