<p>Foursquare delivered a version of its social networking app for Microsoft's Windows 8 on Wednesday, focusing more on local discovery than actually checking in and meeting friends.</p><p>For Foursquare, the app allows the company to continue pushing away from its roots as a way to alert friends of your location, and as an avenue to discover what's going on around you. For Microsoft, however, the app is a validation of a promise it made at its Build conference this summer, when it said that a number of big-name apps would land on Windows 8. Foursquare is the first, although apps like Facebook are probably more eagerly anticipated.</p><p>In keeping with the Windows 8 design style, however, the Foursquare app appears to offer a bright, interactive way to find local events and places to eat nearby. (The Foursquare app for Windows 8 is currently rolling out, Microsoft saidI wasn't able to download it from my work account at press time.)</p><p>"Discovery is a huge part of why I am really excited about Foursquare for Windows 8," Microsoft chief blogger Brandon LeBlanc wrote in a blog post announcing the app's arrival. "With Foursquare, I regularly find all kinds of new places to visitwhether it's a new restaurant try or some new local attraction (such as a state park or museum)."FoursquareThe main page of the Windows 8 Foursquare app.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047638/discovery-oriented-foursquare-app-arrives-on-windows-8.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://techland.time.com/2013/08/28/foursquare-looks-great-on-windows-8/">Foursquare Looks Great on Windows 8</a> (TIME)</p><p><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/28/foursquare-launches-its-windows-8-and-rt-apps-for-more-beautiful-local-exploration/">Foursquare Launches Its Windows 8 And RT Apps For More Beautiful Local ...</a> (TechCrunch)</p><p><a href="http://www.wired.com/design/2013/08/foursquares-new-windows-8-app/">Foursquare&#039;s New Windows 8 App Brings Local Search to Your Desktop</a> (Wired)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dzsm8andyqd6sjMTduJuaXe3nq_RM&ned=us">27 additional articles.</a></p>