"The question really is," he said, "does the technology open up the quality of your social interaction to any great extent, and the answer to that question is, so far: not really.""
See:
Foursquare
Gowalla
In terms of research relating to this blog, it might be an interesting theme for the future. At present, neither has much 'Islam' related content (admittedly a non-scientific and rapid sweep). I did come up with this on Gowalla:
Darul Aman Mosque which has just been posted.
I'll be looking out for more of these...
