Mobile technologies may tend to focus on life’s present and future, but Foursquare this week launched a feature that gives users new insight into the past. Specifically, the location-based social networking service on Thursday introduced the Foursquare Time Machine, a tool that allows users to retrace the steps of their past check-ins through a digital visualization.The new Samsung-sponsored Time Machine tool starts with a user’s first check-in, which is displayed as an illuminated colorful dot atop a black map. Next, more colorful laserlike lines zip across the map, highlighting every past check-in in a time-lapse view. Users can also slow down the animation and click through all their past check-ins one by one.In addition to the animated visualization, users can access infographics detailing the spots they check in at most often, information about their friends, and connections and times in the past they’ve had heavy Foursquare usage. The infographics also show users what types of establishments they hit the most, such as nightlife spots or travel areas, and displays how the frequencies of those check-ins has changed from year to year.Foursquare did not respond to our request for further details. The Foursquare Time Machine is striking and interesting enough that… Read full this story
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