Foursquare is the location-based iPhone app getting a lot of love in the press (and from VCs ) these days. And while there is no shortage of location social networking apps in the App Store, Foursquare works well on the platform because it’s based on the active checking-in to venues, which is perfect since the iPhone doesn’t allow apps to run in the background (though Loopt has a workaround ). While Brightkite has also long been in this space, it’s been a while since any new viable competitors have come along. But we recently got two more: Gowalla and Going. Going Going, which is an app made by AOL’s Going.com site, has one great feature going (see what I did there) for it.
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Gowalla And Going: A Couple More iPhone Apps To Prove You Own This Town
