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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

This isn’t a real post about social media strategy, but it’s an important issue that follows from our social media behavior online. A member of my religious community disappeared. In extreme circumstances, the bottom line is that this privacy invasive RFID/GPS device can save your life. Photos by Shutterstock.

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How Social Media Has Become a Tool For Clinical Research

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Advanced campaign tracking tools make it much easier to identify issues and correct them. Clinical Trials GPS – Clinical Trials GPS provides a unique experience when it comes to finding new clinical trials. You can engage these potential participants by also sharing valuable content on targeted medical conditions, etc.

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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails, are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities?

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A Brand Of People

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The app also enables you to see how many cars are in your area, approximate waiting time and once a driver has decided to engage you, their information (name, mobile number and license plate) is sent to you, plus you can track their position via GPS. community manager. uber community manager. business book. business model.

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7 Ways to Lighten Up Your Marketing and Generate Conversation

Convince & Convert

The company took a universal issue its customers can relate to – not being valued by some customers who want more for less – and took it to a humorous extreme. Imagine a portable GPS with an identity crisis in the wake of mobile apps that render it obsolete. What would your product or service say in completely absurd situations?

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How to Hire Your SEO Partner

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

There are two enormous issues with search engine optimization that hinder your ability to zero in on the right partner: Rapidly changing, constantly evolving rules. Other Important SEO Selection Issues. However, if you feel comfortable at this point, these issues should also weigh heavily in your decision. The Right Fit.

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Five Marketing Metrics that are Definitely NOT “Worthless”

Webbiquity SMM

.” But that criteria would ignore many “interim” metrics that, while not directly bottom-line related in and of themselves, are important guideposts to designing and executing financially successful marketing plans—similar to the way a pilot may use GPS or visual landmarks. ” Twitter Followers.

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