[slowernet]

Dodgeball, the predecessor of Foursquare, predated Loopt in the mobile social space by at least three years. There were likely others.

Loopt received the at that time unheard of privilege of running an always-on location service on some phones, and failed as a business.

Separately, being inclined to believe someone in a matter of fact/law based on their track record in another realm is an example of the appeal to authority fallacy. The subject also has personal and institutional conflicts of interest in this instance.

Now if we're talking polo shirt styling...