<s>
Gowalla	B-Application
is	O
a	O
location-based	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Gowalla	B-Application
made	O
an	O
announcement	O
that	O
the	O
app	O
is	O
coming	O
back	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
December	O
2009	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
Gowalla	B-Application
had	O
raised	O
$8.4	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
round	O
of	O
venture	O
capital	O
funding	O
led	O
by	O
Greylock	O
Partners	O
and	O
angel	O
investors	O
Chris	O
Sacca	O
,	O
Kevin	O
Rose	O
and	O
Jason	O
Calacanis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
on	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
Gowalla	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
based	O
in	O
Downtown	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Gowalla	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
cease	O
operation	O
and	O
users	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
download	O
their	O
checkins	O
,	O
photos	O
and	O
lists	O
soon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gowalla	B-Application
was	O
a	O
primarily	O
mobile	O
application	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
check	O
into	O
locations	O
that	O
they	O
visited	O
using	O
their	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
done	O
either	O
through	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
dedicated	O
applications	O
available	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Android	I-Application
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
,	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
WebOS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
via	O
the	O
service	O
's	O
mobile	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Check-ins	O
could	O
be	O
pushed	O
via	O
Notifications	O
to	O
iPhones	B-Device
,	O
and	O
by	O
linking	O
accounts	O
,	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Some	O
Spots	O
and	O
Trips	O
were	O
"	O
featured	O
"	O
by	O
Gowalla	B-Application
,	O
being	O
highlighted	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
and	O
awarded	O
a	O
special	O
status	O
and	O
icon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
Gowalla	B-Application
community	O
,	O
certain	O
users	O
had	O
an	O
elevated	O
status	O
above	O
that	O
of	O
normal	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Gowalla	B-Application
released	O
version	O
3.0	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
4	O
,	O
allowing	O
Gowalla	B-Application
users	O
to	O
check	O
in	O
using	O
Foursquare	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
Places	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Tumblr	B-Application
,	O
or	O
view	O
friends	O
 '	O
check-ins	O
from	O
other	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2011	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Gowalla	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
the	O
same	O
features	O
that	O
applied	O
to	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
4	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
;	O
it	O
also	O
updated	O
the	O
interface	O
dramatically	O
to	O
introduce	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Passport	O
"	O
look	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2011	O
a	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
7	O
version	O
of	O
Gowalla	B-Application
was	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
feature	O
set	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Gowalla	B-Application
by	O
Facebook	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
December	O
2	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gowalla	B-Application
,	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
,	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gowalla	B-Application
stated	O
that	O
Facebook	B-Application
would	O
not	O
be	O
acquiring	O
any	O
of	O
Gowalla	B-Application
's	O
user	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
20	O
,	O
2020	O
Josh	B-Application
Williams	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
return	O
of	O
Gowalla	B-Application
with	O
a	O
new	O
concept	O
for	O
Spring	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
revamped	O
app	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
on	O
March	O
10	O
,	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gowalla	B-Application
won	O
the	O
Mobile	O
category	O
in	O
the	O
2010	O
South	O
by	O
Southwest	O
Interactive	O
awards	O
.	O
</s>
