Facebook has acquired Glancee, a San Francisco-based startup that developed a location-based social discovery app. Essentially, the app alerted users when people with similar interests were nearby. I ...

With the number of location discovery apps out there already, the question might not be “Where should we go?” but “Why make another one?” The developers of HeyLets, however, believe there is still ...

Earlier this year, Foursquare pulled a Facebook and split its mobile app in half with check-ins moving to a new app branded as Swarm and location discovery and recommendations becoming the sole focus ...

The idea of discovering items, products and locations around you is a challenge that a number of startups and companies are trying to solve, including Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp and many others. Today, ...

Google Maps will soon be rolling out an update that will improve location discovery in two distinct ways. Perhaps the most noticeable change will be color-coded points of interest. Specific categories ...

TikTok’s new Local Feed tab shows content tied to the location of users who opt in and share their geographic area to help them find nearby businesses and community events. The rollout of this new ...