They're all valid reasons why these products (and a lot of what Google is doing with Android or what Amazon is doing with Kindle ) have the exponential growth and economic engines that are making every other business jealous of them. would argue that it's something else: these corporate designers have figured out something that other technology and consumer electronic goods companies still struggle with: Apple , Google and Amazon have done an amazing job of removing the technology from their technology. They're all not Apple fanboys/fangirls. apple. google. MORE >>

Apple Apple Launches its Own Check-in Service Brightkite Social Network Brightkite Axes Check-Ins to Focus on Group Texting Helping solve check-in fatigue, Check.In Universal Check-in App Confirmed: Brightkite’s Stealth Service CauseWorld CauseWorld: Checking in for Charity Facebook Facebook Announces “Deals” Program: Is This The Death Knell of Groupon And Foursquare? 4% of online Americans use location-based services Two-Thirds of iPhone Users Now Use Location-Based Services at Least Once a Week 90% of businesses would not pay to be on Foursquare. So what now? MORE >>

In 2006 Twitter was launched at SXSW and Foursquare was launched at SXSW 2009.  There were also a lot location-based panels featuring Brightkite, Gowalla and Foursquare with Mapquest and Yelp tagging along.  Match.com and Foursquare… Sitting in a Tree. 2) Is a check-in based model, like Foursquare, or persistent-location, like Google Latitude, the best format for mobile dating? Mobile / Wireless Facebook, google, Location-based services. Foursquare Strategy 101. Geolocation foursquare, geolocation, social media marketing. Buy this. MORE >>

Arment Dietrich Overview Expertise Resources Gini Dietrich News Media Center Careers Contact Follow US Facebook Linkedin RSS Feed Twitter YouTube Share Categories Communication Social Media Advertising Entrepreneur SEO Marketing Marketplace COMMUNICATION / SOCIAL MEDIA / ADVERTISING / ENTREPRENEUR / SEO / MARKETING Aug 02 2010 The Time for Location-Based Marketing Is Now By Gini Dietrich | Email | Print | 44 Comments | Last week Mashable did a story on how few people are using Foursquare and that, perhaps, business owners should wait to do any marketing through the location-based program. MORE >>

From a quick visit to Google Analytics, it seems my move from iPhone to Android gained the most attention, by far, as did discussion of Apple, Google, Facebook and social media strategies. Robert Scoble, an hour or so later, said he couldn't kick the Apple iPhone habit. was inundated with comments from Apple fans telling me I was a fool. While Apple Slept On Their Hobby, Google Executed May 20, 2010 Second in the Apple vs Google discussion was a recap I made of the Google TV unveiling at Google IO. Algorithm fail. MORE >>