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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A member of my religious community disappeared. After having read the immensely resourceful book, The Facebook Effect , I’m starting to understand how our world is changing thanks to social networks. Nearly 10% of Facebook’s membership protested by joining other groups demanding that Facebook shut down the News Feed.

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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5 Best GPS Navigation Apps for iPhone in 2023

Tweaklibrary

The evolution of GPS navigation apps for the iPhone is remarkable. Also, to save on mobile data & battery life, you can download maps with various offline GPS on iPhone. Also Read: Offline Navigation Apps For Android Best GPS Navigation Apps for iPhone 1. This app comes pre-installed on your device. Get it here 3.

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Stop Your Smartphone From Telling Burglars Where You Live

Ari Herzog

Did you know that every photo and video you take — and share on Facebook, Instagram, and other apps — from your smartphone is also sharing the exact latitude and longitude of the location where the photo was taken, enabling hackers, burglars, and pedophiles from knowing where you live? Sign up to receive blog posts by email.

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Why Facebook and Twitter are Old News

Ari Herzog

As long as you have a mobile device with GPS identification and the ability to visit a website, you can play. You are never asked to like the company on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Are Facebook and Twitter less important in 2011 as they were in 2009? Syndicating FourSquare to Twitter. Not last week.

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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. Ari Herzog provides communications services to the nonprofit and public sectors, and encourages you to join his Facebook community.

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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.