It's obvious that Facebook sees serious potential in mobile check-in service Foursquare: it tried to buy it for $125 million. That didn't work. So Facebook started to get into the location game, too.

Maybe this is splitting hairs, but is “partnership” really the right word for what’s going on between Foursquare and Facebook Maybe this is splitting hairs, but is “partnership” really the right word ...

One of the first things I thought of at the announcement of Facebook Deals, was the possible demise of the pioneer in location-based services, Foursquare. I’m sure I wasn’t alone. But Foursquare , ...

Foursquare just got Facebooked. And it’s more than just a poking. It might be a body blow to one of the location-based service’s killer features. When I first covered Foursquare for TIME in January, I ...

In February, we got out first peak at the alleged “Facebook phone,” the INQ Cloud Touch. The Android-based smartphone has a customized UI layer and put Facebook features at its forefront, but now the ...

Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley just confirmed at TechCrunch Disrupt that as of last Friday, the check-in service has passed 700,000 check-ins per day. He says that he “doesn’t think the passive tracking ...

Last night, Business Insider sent foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley an email shortly after social networking giant Facebook announced the launch of their geo-location service, Places. The short email ...

Can They Maintain? Adrianne Jeffries at ReadWriteWeb echoes Siegler: "That likely means upwards of 18,000 people signed up for the location-based social network, probably buoyed by a glowing article ...

One of the odd aspects of the Facebook event launching the new Facebook Places service was the participation, support, and partnership of competing location-based check-in services. There may be some ...

Business owners who rely on Facebook and Foursquare to drive customers will notice some significant changes to their pages on the sites. Facebook has redesigned its mobile Pages for businesses and ...