Yelp Challenges Foursquare, Adds Check-ins to iPhone App

Courtesy Mashable!  Fri, 01/15/2010 - 18:21

Yelp is drawing inspiration (in a manner of speaking) from Foursquare and Gowalla by adding check-in features to its iPhone app .

Since there are over a million Yelp iPhone app users, Yelp’s check-in service will be in more hands and pockets than Foursquare and Gowalla combined.

Well, if they all upgrade, anyway.

And why wouldn’t they? Check-ins aren’t the only thing that have been added.

User profiles are finally viewable, and...


 

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