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Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy For A $5 Gift Card?

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Location analytics startup Placed convinced those people to download a mobile app that tracks them wherever they go, 24/7, in exchange for accumulating $5 and $10 gift cards over time, as well as being eligible for drawings of bigger ticket items, like an Apple iPad. Related Stories Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S.

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Social Networking Stats: The Skinny on Whisper, Secret & Snapchat, plus #RLTM Scoreboard

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Foursquare: 40 million users. ” Ranked among the top-20 social apps on Apple’s App Store just one week after launch, Secret imports contacts from users’ phones and then anonymously posts messages of friends, and friends of friends. Is it just a trend, or are disappearing messages and anonymous posts here to stay?