For the handful of people on earth who still use Foursquare, the geolocation service has just launched Swarm, the first of two new apps, for iPhone and Android.
Swarm is essentially a social app that uses location data to help you find friends who have checked-in to nearby bars or restaurants or those who just happen to be in the neighborhood, even when they haven't checked in anywhere. You can also use the app as a sort of social planner, through a feature that lets you suggest ideas to people on your friends list and then follow up with text messages.
If you're still not into the idea of people being able to know where you are, give or take a few feet, at any given time, Swarm includes the option to let you go off the grid. Gone, however, are previously emphasized features like mayorships and check-in-derived points.
The second Foursquare app will function as a recommendation service of sorts and is due to launch later this summer.
[via The Verge]
