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Products that do what 4sqwifi — find nearby venues w/ wifi & their password does

Hi HN, I want to show you my first iPhone app. It's called 4sqwifi. I use Foursquare to find nearby venues with wifi and their passwords. We (me and a friend of mine who helped with coding) used Titanium Appcelerator to develop the app. The way it works is that we have a nice little algorithm communicating with Foursquare's API and then brings back the results which are only nearby venues with wifi -- and their passwords as tips. I think it's an interesting way to use Foursquare, right between social location awareness and everyday life-hacks. If you have any feedback, it's greatly…

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