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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.

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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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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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Case Study and Lessons Learned: App Product Launch and Awareness

Akamai Marketing

Case Study #2: Community Driven Product Launch. TheBus in Honolulu is an award-winning bus system, recognized as one of the best in the country. Background: .

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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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How to Use Hashtags, Expand Your Reach and Develop Brand Awareness

Socialmedia.biz

The feature still acts as it did when it was first launched, although Twitter has bolstered up the systems around it to make hashtags easier to engage with. Hashtags have become so large that communities pop up around their use. Community Hashtags. Community hashtags can be a great way to connect with a very specific audience.

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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. Do you find less people asking questions about setting up and using Facebook pages and more questions around utilitarian technologies; perhaps ways to use Facebook through third-party systems? Not last week.

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