Foursquare chose to go the route of splitting its app in two, and so far this plan is not going down well with users of the traditional Foursquare app. The check-in aspect of Foursquare has been made ...

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Foursquare was founded on check-ins. When the original app emerged in 2009, it blossomed on the idea that you could broadcast your location and see where your friends were, all while earning playful ...

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Foursquare is planning to split its core app into two separate experiences, one that provides recommendations and another that acts as a “social heat map” where users check in and see nearby friends.

Location sharing and reviews service Foursquare recently announced its plans to split its mobile app in half as it introduces a new app called Swarm that will soon be the only place to check-in to ...

Foursquare is shifting many of its classic functions to a new app called Swarm. Whether or not users go along could be the question that determines the company's fate. Foursquare Labs Inc. is working ...

Ever since Foursquare split itself into two apps, it hasn’t been quite the same. That division, which spun the location check-in functionality off into a second app called “Swarm,” was indeed ...

Swarm is a new app from Foursquare out today that chisels off the check-in and proximity features of the main app and places them in a sparse, focus-driven new home. The app is nicely done, though it ...

The sole purpose of Foursquare’s Swarm app is to check into places, which means one of its biggest selling points is keeping track of where you’ve been. With Swarm 4.0, you can actually search your ...