Google Maps For Android Adds Google Places, Aka Foursquare | X Search Engine Marketing
Google announced an update to Google Maps for Android. The big update is a new Places feature that allows you to find places near you via Google Maps.
Places is a separate App that can be found self installed after you update your current Google Maps app on your Android device.
You click on places and it asks you what places near you do you want to find. Such as restaurants, coffee, bars, hotels, attractions, ATMs, gas stations and more. When you click on a place, you can pretty much check into the place via Google Buzz or read about it, get driving directions and so on.
This reminds me a lot of Foursquare, which lets you check into places. The only main difference is that you dont get badges for checking in. You do however get tips.
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