Overhaul time: Foursquare to move the check-in feature to a new app, called Swarm

If you have ever used the Foursquare app, then you are familiar with one of its most prominent features – the signature check-in button, the backbone of the service that allows you to publicly announce your present whereabouts. Foursquare addicts would probably find it hard to imagine the mobile app without that prominent feature, but it seems that they'll need to do so pretty soon, as the developer team behind Foursquare is ditching the check-in feature along with some of its social aspects.

"What does a version of Foursquare look like that doesn't beg you to check in as soon as you ...