Foursquare Releases App for Windows 8, Reports User Growth

Foursquare today released an app for Windows 8, optimized for the Nokia Lumia phone and Microsoft's Metro interface.

Foursquare today released an app for Windows 8, optimized for the Nokia Lumia phone and Microsoft’s Metro interface.

“We’ve been working closely with Nokia and Microsoft, and today, we’re finally taking the covers off a brand new version of Foursquare for Windows Phone 8, specially optimized for Nokia’s shiny new Lumia phones,” Foursquare said.

The release pitched the app exclusively as a local search app. Foursquare has been endeavoring to become a local search application, rather than a location-based social network.

“Explore like a local!,” the Windows 8 app description crows.

“Don’t

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