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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Is it only a matter of time until we do something ridiculously life saving but also incredibly invasive — like implant GPS tracking devices — so that we can never truly disappear? We now check in voluntarily to places like Foursquare and Gowalla, where we broadcast what we’re doing and where we’re eating.

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10 Tips For Taking A Vacation From Social Media

SocMed Sean

We use them for online boarding passes, restaurant locators, maps/directions to popular tourist destinations, and leveraging the phone for GPS. By using the book, you’ll get back to the basics of traveling, relying less on GPS and mobile technology. So, set the expectation that if they want you, to call you.

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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

I’ve always found Foursquare a bit creepy; turns out there’s actually an app named Creepy that aggregates “GPS coordinates for any user (of geolocation services like Foursquare, Twitter and Flickr), pointing out their most frequented hangouts on a map…Essentially, it’s a stalker’s dream app.&#

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Ignore Foursquare at Your Peril - An Analysis of Potential.

Convince & Convert

Now, I’m not suggesting Foursquare will ever approach Twitter’s level of ubiquity, much less Facebook’s. Because Foursquare makes very little sense unless you’re in a physical location like a store, restaurant, etc. At least it is for me.

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Women in Blogging: 125 Fearless Female Bloggers

Kikolani

Her latest posts include How Reading And Book Buying Has Changed With The Kindle , Writing, Blogging And Authenticity With Justine Musk, The Tribal Writer , and Becoming An Indie Author: Is Success Based On Luck. Follow her @thecreativepenn on Twitter. Her blog, Fresh ID , covers blogging, brand experience, social marketing, and more.

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