How the Short-Lived 'Location Wars' Saw the Entry of Larger Entrants in Geolocation Servicesby@webhistory

How the Short-Lived 'Location Wars' Saw the Entry of Larger Entrants in Geolocation Services

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Foursquare’s strength was in its social capabilities. The location wars were branded and hyped by the press, then dissipated in the span of a couple of weeks in March of 2010. The story of the location wars, however, begins a few years earlier.

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