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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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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A member of my religious community disappeared. Today, primarily thanks to Facebook and other online community services, we live a more public lifestyle, marrying our personal and professional selves (whether or not we want to) in our online presences. He eventually resurfaced and was said to be in good physical health. Like this post?

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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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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Coordinates on the page boost your visibility and enhance usefulness as people are able to copy them directly into their GPS devices and get them on mobile phones via Apps. Foursquare allows for check-ins. Geotagging: Allows businesses to embed geographical location information within websites, images, videos and other digital media.

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Stop Your Smartphone From Telling Burglars Where You Live

Ari Herzog

Because today’s smartphones are preinstalled with GPS technology (that power your maps and Foursquare apps so you always know where you are), that technology is also added in the form of metadata that is attached to every photo or video your device records. Cheers to JO Social Branding for the reminder.

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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. Ari Herzog provides communications services to the nonprofit and public sectors, and encourages you to join his Facebook community. Syndicating FourSquare to Twitter. McDonald’s is on to something.

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New Photo-sharing App Called “Color”. The Next Big Thing?

Mindjumpers

At the same time as using GPS to determine a user’s location, Color makes use of the camera to identify similar lighting, and the microphone to pick up noise that can be used to more perfectly match a user’s current position. Similar Posts: Foursquare Gives Users a Holiday Gift. What do you think about Color? >

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