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FourSquare, the social networking location based game has updated its service in Las Vegas, NV to include new checkin badges.  Some of these badges are for the International Consumer Electronics Show here this week in Las Vegas, NV.  One earns badges by using the service to check into venues they visit on a daily basis.  Why is it exciting that FourSquare has done this?  Well, up until now, the service has been limited to a certain amount of cities and badges to earn in these cities.  With the advent of all of these newer badges to earn, the service might get another boost in two critical ways.

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Blue Microphones have announced their second generation Mikey Portable Recorder for the iPhone and iPod Touch.  Blue has previously wowed iPod and Mac fans with their previous releases of the Snowball, Snowflake, and Mikey original.

The second gen Mikey is still being considered for iPhone certification, although it looks like a powerful professional recording solution for iPhone users when it is supposed to arrive in the Spring.  Mikey features two Blue mic capsules for pro-quality stereo recording, but now has slightly improved acoustic circuitry for better recordings such as concerts.

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