ADVISORY, April 26, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
What:
Foursquare will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square in celebration of the success of the 2013 Foursquare Global Hackathon which took place on January 5-7. Foursquare will be joined by the creators of RewardBoard. RewardBoard is an app which allows businesses on Foursquare to display real-time check-ins on a monitor in their store or restaurant and print customizable coupons via an on-site printer.
In honor of the occasion RewardBoard creators Joe Clarke, Mikkel Green, Kevin Young, and Mike Schroll and Foursquare's Head of Platform, Akshay Patil, will ring the Closing Bell.
Where:
NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio
When:
Monday, April 29, 2013 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET
Contact:
Laura Covington
(347) 674-0763
laura@foursquare.com
NASDAQ MarketSite:
Christine Barna
(646) 441-5310
Christine.Barna@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.
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 RewardBoard:
RewardBoard is the result of a 48 hour global rapid prototyping competition put on by Foursquare. The RewardBoard team are members of Cowork MYR, a shared coworking space that hosts a group of creatives from various backgrounds and skill sets. Using a variety of Open Source Software and Hardware, including components from Adafruit Industries and the Ruby on Rails framework, RewardBoard allows venues to reward their customers with coupons. The venue controls the coupon value, who is eligible to receive them and how often via a web site. Additionally, check-ins and a top 10 list appear on an in-venue display.
Joe Clarke is the owner of RailsPlayground.com which provides web hosting services geared toward developers using the Ruby on Rails framework. Mikkel Green is the owner of Verde Design, LLC which specializes in electromechanical and embedded systems design. Kevin Young is the co-founder and co-owner of RdyToGo, LLC where he leads the design team in building truly custom web and mobile application designs that focus on moving their client's into action. www.rdytogo.com
About Foursquare:
Foursquare is a free app that helps you and your friends make the most of where you are. When you're out and about, use Foursquare to share and save the places you visit. And, when you're looking for inspiration for what to do next, we'll give you personalized recommendations and deals based on where you, your friends, and people with your tastes have been.
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.
About NASDAQ OMX Group:
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 U.S. and Europe, we own and operate 26 markets including 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-55 microsecond average speeds with 99.99% 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 3,300 listed companies worth $6 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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