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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

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And there’s something nice about simple, uncluttered, standalone apps, particularly in a mobile environment. I guess Facebook could clone Foursquare’s badges and point system, but then it would be Foursquare screen scraped into Facebook. (Aren’t you glad they still offer a “Poke” feature?)

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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You can use most location-based services on your laptop, but they are more powerful and more useful on a mobile phone, like an iPhone, Android or BlackBerry. As they collect points, they also get badges. How Does It Know Where I Am? There are two kinds of technology used by location-based services.