Mozilla's Open Badges Project, in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation, seeks to develop a common standard or protocol for the badges so they will work across the Web in various platforms.
Foursquare apparently made a special Harvard Yard badge to mark the partnership.
Foursquare goes on to say that it is going to develop similar partnerships to allow users to unclock badges via "real-world experiences" with "carefully selected partners".
Nearly 600 supporters of reform will be in Washington next week for an event sponsored by the Partnership for a New American Economy, the Bibles, Badges and Business for Immigration Reform network, FWD.us, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, according to organizers.
(Disclosures: The New York Times had a Winter Olympics-related partnership with Foursquare; The Times once commissioned a Nerd Merit Badge for an event called Times Open).
Thanks to that partnership, you can check-in while watching Revision3 shows and earn special Miso badges — yes, just like Foursquare, but again, all based around media consumption.
The partnership brings location info for 30,000 charging stations, which will pop up in Maps as badges, along with available pricing and hours of operation.
The badge design resembles a heraldic shield, and consists of two layers which represent "the partnership between the ownership, the community, the players and the fans".
Like Twitch's partnership program, you can pay a monthly Sponsorship subscription to support your favorite streamers, get a special badge and more.
She reaffirmed the importance of the alliance with the United States, while noting the partnership was more valuable if Australia had the maturity and confidence to speak frankly and not seek the badge of "deputy sheriff".
