Gowalla co-founder and CEO Josh Williams is heading to the annual SXSW music, technology and arts festival in Austin, Texas this year to do something he’s already done — launch a location ...

The startup, which longtime TechCrunch readers will likely recall, was an ambitious consumer social app that excited Silicon Valley investors but ultimately floundered in its quest to take on ...

Austin-based Gowalla and its more-established cousin, Foursquare, allow you to "check in" to locations, making selected friends aware of where you are and what you're up to. Checking in with these ...

Gowalla, which got its start at South by Southwest three years ago, has gone dark for this year’s festival. Users who try to log in to the location-based app’s homepage now get the message ...

Location based social networking service Gowalla finally said its farewells and shut up shop over the weekend. The company was acquired for an undisclosed amount by Facebook back in December ...

Visitors to Gowalla.com over the weekend have been greeted with the following note: "Thank you for going out with Gowalla. It was a pleasure to journey with you around the world. Download your ...

It’s official. Gowalla shuttered its doors only three months after Facebook’s acquisition and five years after its founding. Today, Foursquare stands as the lone giant lumbering in location ...

Three months ago, Facebook acquired the location-based social network Gowalla. Today, as expected, the company Gowalla has officially shut down its website: Thank you for going out with Gowalla.

Two years ago two location sharing services targeting the mobile platform, emerged on the scene – Gowalla and Foursquare. Both were touted to become the next big thing. But while one went onto ...

Facebook has hired the team at Gowalla, a mobile location service in Austin, Texas, but the service will be shut down by January, the companies said Monday. Gowalla co-founders Josh Williams and ...

Facebook has acquired mobile location-based app Gowalla, the companies confirmed Monday. Financial terms were not disclosed. It's another acqui-hire for Facebook, as Facebook isn't acquiring ...

(Reuters) - Facebook has hired the co-founders of Gowalla, one of the pioneering companies that developed the concept of "checking in" at real-world locations with mobile phones. Facebook ...