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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

Most location-based services have a few basic social networking features like finding and adding friends, and communicating with friends via private messages. 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. Also, to save on mobile data & battery life, you can download maps with various offline GPS on iPhone. Nonetheless, other best map apps for iPhone are available, and they have unique features. We liked the feature to play music and podcasts from the app.

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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.

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10 Tips For Taking A Vacation From Social Media

SocMed Sean

We use them for online boarding passes, restaurant locators, maps/directions to popular tourist destinations, and leveraging the phone for GPS. By using the book, you’ll get back to the basics of traveling, relying less on GPS and mobile technology. So, set the expectation that if they want you, to call you.

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

Mindjumpers

Color shares the pictures you take with anyone within 150 feet, but that’s actually a feature that gives this app a lot more potential than other mobile apps like for example Instagram. In addition, Color has a network feature, which allows you to see photos taken by those in your network at anytime (not just when you’re nearby each other).

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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. Geoff Livingston opines on the evolutionary change : For some, there will always be a need for the basics, particularly about Facebook, which seems to change its interface and features every month. Not last week.

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