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"Sometimes it's nice to stop and take stock of how far a service or app has come. Today's trip down memory lane comes by way of Foursquare, which has posted screenshots of the first prototype of its location check-in service from four years ago today.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFour years ago was a different world. The iPhone was little more than a year old and the App Store ecosystem was just beginning to take shape. So, while this design certainly looks dated, most other apps would too if we compared them.\r\n\r\nFor full effect, here's what Foursquare looks like now:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe service recently added ratings for locations that will bring it into competition with Yelp and other recommendation engines. Another huge addition for the service is the Explore feature, which is now open to all visitors of its website.\r\n\r\nLet's take a look at some of the companies notable milestones:\r\n\r\n\tOctober 2009:\u00A0Foursquare Launches In 15 New Cities\r\n\tMarch 2010:\u00A0Foursquare Confirms Restaurant Dashboard Alpha Testing\r\n\tApril 2010:\u00A0Foursquare Hits New Landmark: First check-in at the North Pole\r\n\tJune 2010:\u00A0Foursquare abandons plans to sell, takes $20 million in funding.\r\n\tJuly 2010:\u00A0Foursquare 1.9: Now with Maps\r\n\tAugust 2010:\u00A0Foursquare now at 2.6 million users\r\n\tJanuary 2011:\u00A0Foursquare Launches New Business Pages\r\n\tApril 2011:\u00A0Foursquare breaks 3 million checkins on #4sqDay\r\n\tJune 2011:\u00A0Milestone: Foursquare hits 10 million users\r\n\tSeptember 2011:\u00A0Foursquare Hits 1 Billion Check-Ins [Video]\r\n\tSeptember 2012:\u00A0Foursquare just launched a no-brainer partnership with OpenTable for reservations in its Explore tab\r\n\tOctober 2012:\u00A0Foursquare introduces Explore feature on its website, providing recommendations without signup or check-in\r\n\r\nYou can look through all of our coverage of Foursquare here.\r\n\r\nImage credit: Hemera"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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