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Foursquare To Kill Its City Guide App

Foursquare, one of the App Store's earliest success stories, will shut down its flagship city guide app on December 15 to focus on its check-in service Swarm, the company said. The move reverses Foursquare's controversial 2014 decision to split its platform into two apps: Swarm for check-ins and Fou...

Foursquare, one of the App Store's earliest success stories, will shut down its flagship city guide app on December 15 to focus on its check-in service Swarm, the company . Engadget adds: Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, who is currently co-chair of the company's board of directors, said in a post on Threads that the company is "doing fine," though he expressed disappointment with the news. "I would be lying if I didn't admit that I have been in a real funk these last few days over this news," he wrote.

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