[geofflewis]

The analysis in this article is just plain wrong, starting with the headline.

Incorporating location-tagging directly into the status update UI (and extending the ability to tag a location to photos and videos), does not mean Facebook is bowing out of any "war"... It means they are honing in on the right location feature set for their userbase, rather than simply copying Foursquare.

I predict location-tagging of status updates and content will gain massive adoption within Facebook and quickly dwarf Facebook Check-In, which by the way, is staying part of Facebook's mobile apps (at least for now).