Facebook Just Launched a Stand-Alone App for Events That Could Spell Bad News for Foursquare and Yelp

Layers business profiles on top of data

Facebook has its sights set on owning events and local listings—again.

Today the social network is rebranding its year-old Events app to be called Local, which pulls in local business information on top of events created in Facebook.

Local aggregates Facebook’s database of 70 million business pages as well as reviews and check-ins. Via the app, consumers can view recommended bars, restaurants and attractions, look at maps and see nearby friends.

“The new app, Facebook Local, helps you easily find what to do, where to go, where to eat, or what you need—all recommended by the people you know and trust,” said Aditya Koolwal, product manager at Facebook in a statement.

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