The Places application takes elements from the widely popular Foursquare and Yelp, which let mobile users check in at certain locations and update their whereabouts in real-time across social ...

Fairmont Hotels is leveraging foursquare to send location-based promotions to customers who check-in at one of its locations. The strategy takes advantage of a new foursquare integration with the ...

But brick-and-mortar stores aren't the only companies benefitting from seven years' worth of Foursquare check-ins. The "Places" data is also used by Apple, Uber, Twitter, Microsoft, Samsung ...