Three months after being acquired, the location-sharing app company Gowalla has shut down, as expected.
Says the statement: "Thank you for going out with Gowalla. It was a pleasure to journey with you around the world. Download your check-ins, photos and lists here soon."
The company launched in 2009, and had over 600,000 users in 2011.
Gowalla, which was made popular due to its "check-ins," had recently redesigned its mobile apps to move towards "user-generated place recommendations." The site was beginning to feel the heat from check-in services like FourSquare and from daily deal behemoths Groupon and Google before being acquired.
Some employees, including Gowalla's co-founders, will be making the move to Palo Alto to work on Facebook's Timeline initiative.
The company launched in 2009, and had over 600,000 users in 2011.
Gowalla, which was made popular due to its "check-ins," had recently redesigned its mobile apps to move towards "user-generated place recommendations." The site was beginning to feel the heat from check-in services like FourSquare and from daily deal behemoths Groupon and Google before being acquired.
Some employees, including Gowalla's co-founders, will be making the move to Palo Alto to work on Facebook's Timeline initiative.