Before there was Gowalla. or Foursquare, there was location-based social network Loopt. Launched. in 2006, Loopt was one of the pioneers of the location-based. mobile social network. And Loopt has gained a huge number of users of its mobile apps; the social network currently has 3 million mobile users, 1 million of which are on the iPhone. Compared to Foursquare and Gowalla, which have 150,000 and 50,000 users respectively, Loopt has a pretty significant user base. More recently, Loopt upgraded. its mobile offerings to offer a check-in where you can also review a place and help recommend things for your friends to do, called Pulse. The mobile feature aggregates data on all of these "check-in spots," which include, bars, restaurants, and more. It's kind of like a local search engine. And it appears that this data is expanding Loopt's business. Now Loopt is venturing into Yelp's territory ( even as rumors swirl about Yelp. ) by making these local reviews available on the web.
Loopt Ventures Into Yelp’s Territory With New Local Reviews Site
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