Filed under: Software , iPhone , App Store If the iPhone has a leading app genre, aside from gaming, I'd say the current surge of “check-in” apps is probably it. Sure, back when the App Store first opened up, Twitter apps were everywhere (and they're still being made daily, it seems), but in terms of a genre that can only exist on a location-aware device like the iPhone, “check-in” apps like Foursquare, Gowalla, and so on, are making their mark right now. Here's news on two such apps continuing to grow on the App Store skyline. First up, Loopt [ iTunes link ] has announced a partnership with a company called Mobile Spinach to start trying to monetize this kind of app usage. Mobile Spinach delivers local ads, and Loopt says that it'll be using their location-based social networking service to bring specials and deals to users from wherever they check-in from
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Loopt teams with Mobile Spinach for check-in discounts, Booyah talks about MyTown
February 8th, 2010 in Apple news | tags: citysearch, collecting, entry, five-bucks, gowalla, iphone, location-based, loopt, loopts, mytown, people, popcap
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