Facebook may not turn out to be so much of a Foursquare killer.
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Foursquare, the location game from Dodgeball creator Dennis Crowley, has been on a tear as of late, breaking past 500,000 registered users and logging 275,000 check-ins yesterday alone.
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Although some blogs have speculated that Facebook’s forthcoming location features may spell the end for smaller startups, we hear that the social network is inclined to serve as a platform for a whole host of location-related applications.
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