Foursquare City Guide Checks Out, Shuts Down Its App A location-based social network that looked promising 15 years ago retires one of its core features. Its web version will expire early next year.

It's the end of an era for one of the App Store's earliest success stories. Foursquare is shutting down its signature city guide app in order to "focus our efforts on building an even better ...

"I would be lying if I didn't admit that I have been in a real funk these last few days over this news," writes Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley, speaking about the company's plan to sunset the ...