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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches Paper, Twitter Tweaks Homepage Search, Foursquare Now Delivers

The Realtime Report

Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare: Facebook launches mobile app Paper. Foursquare. Any social media updates we missed?

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

You can use most location-based services on your laptop, but they are more powerful and more useful on a mobile phone, like an iPhone, Android or BlackBerry. The most widely understood method is through Global Positioning System (GPS) data obtained from navigational satellites in geosynchronous orbit. Foursquare. Brightkite.

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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. Regarding navigation apps for the iPhone, you already have one: Apple Maps. As a result, here is a list that we have produced of the top 5 navigation applications for iPhone users. Apple Maps is the best navigation app for the iPhone. Get it here 5.

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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Foursquare allows for check-ins. million users of the Yelp iPhone app, this is huge for businesses. Meta Data on websites with geotargeted keywords to attract search engine traffic based on local search queries. Google has added geotagging to Blogger. Considering there are some 1.25

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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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The Next Big Thing in Social Networks

Socialized

With the introduction of Foursquare and other location-based services, we started publishing our precise location data, and now with Blippy , our friends can see our credit card purchases as we make them. Well, with Doxx, all of your friends can come with you (if you have an iPhone or BlackBerry). I wonder what else is coming.

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Why I Choose Whrrl For My Location Based Time

Jason Yormark

I’ve been wanting to write more about these services, but not until I was able to really give them a good try and for the past few weeks, I’ve immersed myself into really 3 choices, Facebook Places , Foursquare and Whrrl. I’m using their iPhone app and it’s beautiful. Easy to use, and I love the design. Beyond Checking In.