ADVISORY, May 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Foursquare will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in celebration of the success of the first ever Foursquare Global Hackathon which took place on September 17 and 18. Foursquare will be joined by Near, the group who won last year's Foursquare Global Hackathon. Near created a self-entitled app for store owners, displaying Foursquare check-ins and other useful information.
In honor of the occasion Near creators Max Mullen, Justin Hileman, Nick Frost and Hitesh Parashar and Foursquare's Platform Evangelist, Akshay Patil, will ring the Closing Bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Monday, May 21, 2012 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Contact:
Laura Covington
(646) 380-4822
laura@foursquare.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Jen Knapp
(212) 401-8916
Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com
Feed Information:
Fiber Line (Encompass Waterfront): 4463
Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West
18 mhz Lower
DL 3811 Vertical
FEC 3/4
SR 13.235
DR 18.295411
MOD 4:2:0
DVBS QPSK
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Webcast:
A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:
http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.
Photos:
To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.
About Near:
Near is the new digital storefront integrating online and social influence directly into in-store sales. Near products create a digital window into the physical world so that every like, tweet and check-in creates social proof at the point-of-purchase. With support for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare, Near helps brands leverage the most important conversations happening online. Near was built by Max Mullen, Justin Hileman, Nick Frost and Hitesh Parashar. Learn more at www.Near.co.
About Foursquare:
Foursquare makes the real world easier to use by providing tools that help you keep up with friends, discover what's nearby, save money, and unlock deals. Whether you're setting off on a trip around the world, coordinating a night out with friends, or trying to pick out the best dish at your local restaurant, foursquare is the perfect companion. For more information, check out https://foursquare.com.
About NASDAQ OMX:
The inventor of the electronic exchange, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc., fuels economies and provides transformative technologies for the entire lifecycle of a trade - from risk management to trade to surveillance to clearing. In the US and Europe, we own and operate 24 markets, 3 clearinghouses and 5 central securities depositories supporting equities, options, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, futures and structured products. Able to process more than 1 million messages per second at sub-40 microsecond speeds with 99.999% uptime, our technology drives more than 70 marketplaces in 50 developed and emerging countries into the future, powering 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Our award-winning data products and worldwide indexes are the benchmarks in the financial industry. Home to approximately 3,400 listed companies worth $5.1 trillion in market cap whose innovations shape our world, we give the ideas of tomorrow access to capital today. Welcome to where the world takes a big leap forward, daily. Welcome to the NASDAQ OMX Century. To learn more, visit www.nasdaqomx.com. Follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/NASDAQ) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). (Symbol: NDAQ and member of S&P 500).
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