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v3.12 is published

Version 3.12 of 4th & Mayor for Windows Phone has been published to the Windows Phone Store.

• This release brings back points information after checking in - on the “What’s new” page!
• Points information is now shown on any check-in, including those by your friends - the same page with “comments” and like/unlike of check-ins

4th & Mayor now available in 23 new marketplaces and 256MB devices

4th & Mayor has been certified and is now available for use on new Windows Phone 7.5 devices with 256MB, and in a ton of new markets, including:

Bahrain, Bulgaria, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Estonia, Iceland, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, Venezuela, and Vietnam. That’s in addition to the five stores we opened earlier this year in Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines.

Update 3.3 is out!

4th & Mayor version 3.3 is now out, finally! Please update as soon as you can - you can often get the update to happen if you go to the Marketplace, search for the app, and then open the details page there.

This version is an important update for many users:

• Location Services accuracy bugs have been corrected.
  A large issue for many users recently has been issues where the location was found to be many miles/km away from where it should be.
  
  This issue is fixed and a higher accuracy value is now being used.
   
• Network download speed has been significantly improved.
  An improved networking stack is being used to drop network download payloads by 30-70%. The app is now using less data thanks to web service compression and it should feel faster throughout the app now.

Hope you enjoy it,
Jeff 

4th & Mayor is one year old!

4th & Mayor 3.2 is now live in the Windows Phone Marketplace!

You’ll be happy to know that Foursquare’s innovation is continuing at a record pace - several days ago restaurant menus (through a partnership with SinglePlatform) was announced.

As of today, the 3.2 update of 4th & Mayor for Windows Phone is live in the marketplace. It should be available to all users in the next 8-24 hours!

Since 3.1 just came out last week, this is a minor incremental release - but it does bring a few new features!

3.2 rocks because these features - menus and QR code check-ins - are not yet in the iPhone app even - so enjoy, Windows Phone users!

Introducing restaurant menus

• On 1/18 Foursquare announced the new menu feature
• 4th & Mayor 3.2 now supports this as of 1/21 :-)
• Powered by Foursquare and Single Platform, many places now have a menu available - you’ll find it right under the mayor information when looking at a place
• Available in major US cities, over 13 million menu items at 250,00 restaurants - with more on the way!

Check-in using QR Codes

• The Check-in page now has a new “QR code” check-in option
• Simple scan the Foursquare Check-in QR Code - some businesses place these near their entrances
• An optional “automatic check-in” will immediately check you in if you opt in to that!
• Pin the “QR Check-in” experience right to Start

Other changes

• Addresses some user-reported issues that were easy fixes.
• The nearby places check-in page’s “pin/unpin” app bar icon has moved into the menu to make way for the QR code check-in option
• Tweaks to the GPS and location detection per feedback
• Invalid information as a venue/place loads will no longer be shown as often 

Thanks for using 4th & Mayor. Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see.

Cheers,
Jeff 

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