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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

The most widely understood method is through Global Positioning System (GPS) data obtained from navigational satellites in geosynchronous orbit. meters at a 95% confidence level…(and) Real-world data show that some high-quality GPS SPS receivers currently attain better than 3 meter horizontal position accuracy.” Foursquare.

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Foursquare and The New York Times Archive Would Be a Great Match

Adam Sherk

The recent partnership between Foursquare and Canada’s Metro is a good early example of the potential that exists. Metro will provide Foursquare with location-specific editorial content such as reviews, tips and articles on points of interest. I’d love to see a partnership between The New York Times and Foursquare.

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The 2012 Social Networking Privacy Policy

Webbiquity SMM

If you were to do a Google search for some of the top social networking sites , you’ll almost certainly stumble across a news story concerning privacy issues with user data. In a sub-page Foursquare calls “Privacy 101,” the plan and purpose of users’ privacy is laid out simply. and Europe. and Europe.

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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Below are a few platforms that support geolocation tagging (geotagging) that you may want to consider utilizing: Twitter geolocation for tweets coupled with local trends from Twitter can give you insights and exposure to your local audience. Foursquare allows for check-ins. Google has added geotagging to Blogger.

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Would You Sacrifice Your Privacy For A $5 Gift Card?

The Realtime Report

Tracking consumers around the clock obviously yields a ton of valuable data for businesses and advertisers. Here are some of the trends revealed by Placed data (reported by Bloomberg Businessweek ): Asian American mothers shop at Trader Joe’s more often, while white moms visit big grocery chains.

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This Week in Social Media – 6/5/2013

Social Media Marketing

Each week, I compose a newsletter for our team that includes a series of links about current events and trends in the worlds of technology, social media, mobile, communications and marketing in order to keep our wider team up to date on changes, newsworthy items and content that might be useful in their jobs.