Foursquare hits 1 billion check-ins

(CBS) - Foursquare announced on its blog today that they exceeded 1 billion check-ins last week. The team celebrated by releasing an animated infographic of a week of check-ins around the world. It's an impressive visualization of human activity. Feeling like an ant right about now? So are we.

Foursquare holds a global hackathon

Foursquare is a location-based mobile app lets users check-in to a venue to unlock discounts and badges.