• TechCrunch, Tuesday, August 3, 2010 12:25 PM

Sure to take location-based social networking to whole new level, an app just hit the market that lets Foursquare users check-in to their favorite venues automatically. "You don't have to do a thing besides simply have your phone on you and this app will check you in while running in the background with iOS 4," reports TechCrunch.

The app's developer Tim Sears tells TechCrunch that he was inspired to create Future Checkin, so-called, by reports of "check-in fatigue." As the blog explains, "A number of heavy users of Foursquare that I know (myself included) have been complaining in recent months that it's getting a bit tedious to have to pull out your phone each time to check-in to a venue. Particularly venues that you frequent." The new app is made possible due to the new ability for third-party apps to run in the background with iOS 4. Location is just one of the features that can remain on when users leave an app.

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