The Foursquare of today is a location data giant

But in Crowley’s version, the cards are the habits and locations of real people, whose data has been turned into literal pawns in the game. “Harry spends a lot of time in Midtown, sometimes goes to parks, and rides the subway,” Crowley says, looking over the data Foursquare has assembled from the person’s use of popular apps and geotagging services. Foursquare’s test Hypertrending app shows a real time heat map of where users are in Austin (left) and a ranking of the most popular locations (right).

Source: www.wired.com