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Facebook Places Explained

Mindjumpers

Part of the idea behind Facebook Places is the same as with other geolocation services like Gowalla and Foursquare: to create spontaneous meetings. I am not sure whether or not Facebook Places will eventually overrule other services like Foursquare and Gowalla or how powerful geolocation will be.

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How Glympse Can Track Your Friends

Ari Herzog

While metrics showing website visitors are not spectacular, the tool shines on any mobile device that can transmit GPS information. Related articles you may enjoy: 3400% Foursquare Growth Not Notable. The tool is reminiscent of Google Latitude meeting a text message.

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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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Women in Blogging: 125 Fearless Female Bloggers

Kikolani

Her latest posts include Covering Your Geo-Location Bases: Using Google, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yahoo & Facebook to Help Customers Find You , Think Like a Rockstar , and Social Media Introduction. Naomi is a microbusiness marketing consultant, helping business with fewer than five employees create dynamic marketing campaigns on the cheap.

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