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Foursquare, the smartphone app that lets users check in at restaurants, bars and other places, is now letting users do the same with events.

The company said in a blog post Thursday that it is adding major events into its database. That means users visiting a sports stadium or music venue can check in while attending a soccer game or concert there and let their friends who also are on Foursquare know they’re there.

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Both Samsung Electronics Co and Apple have overtaken Nokia in terms of the total number of shipments during the last quarter, as a lesser number of units based on the aging Symbian platform were sold by the Finnish cell phone giant. In the quarter which ended this June, Apple comprised 18.5% of the smartphone shipments all over the world as compared to the 13.5% it shipped last year, according to Strategy Analytics.

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