Apple Maps to feature Yelp help

APPLE’S COMING iphone map application will include Yelp’s “check-in” feature to let users broadcast their whereabouts to friends, according to materials Apple distributed to software developers.

Apple Maps, which will replace Google as the default location service in software set to debut this year, will allow users to communicate through Yelp without exiting the map and opening a new app.

User review website Yelp introduced a check-in service for mobile phones in 2010.