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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

Socialized

Changes announced today to Facebook’s privacy agreement suggest the company is about to flip the switch and add location-based capabilities to the social network. Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. The Yelp iPhone app alone had around 1.25 I don’t think so.

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

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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. That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare. How Does It Know Where I Am? Brightkite.

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Facebook Introduces Location Service: Places

Mindjumpers

Foursquare has been exploding in number of users the last year or so, but still doesn’t reach anywhere near the amount of users that are using Facebook. The new Facebook service is being rolled out in the US on iPhones, but is unfortunately not yet available on other countries. Or go here if you want to learn more about Foursquare.

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Facebook Introduces Location Service: Places

Mindjumpers

Foursquare has been exploding in number of users the last year or so, but still doesn’t reach anywhere near the amount of users that are using Facebook. The new Facebook service is being rolled out in the US on iPhones, but is unfortunately not yet available on other countries. Or go here if you want to learn more about Foursquare.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

It took a lot of hacking and ingenuity to make these a reality since most consumer platforms lagged (but not by much) in features (think video finally coming to the iPhone) required for AR. marketing, there will be problems in areas of disclosure, privacy and fair competitive practice.

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YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places

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Digitalia | Indianapolis Social Media Marketing « Firebelly at Blog Indiana | Main | 5 Helpful Facebook Places for Business Articles » August 24, 2010 YouTube Tuesday: Checking In With Facebook Places People are calling it a FourSquare killer. People are calling it a Facebook killer (due to privacy concerns).

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A Walk Down Path Takes You Home Sweet Home

Stay N' Alive

Facebook and Google+ have lists and privacy controls so I can target updates to lists of close friends and family, which I use, but I find there's a barrier there that makes me have to think of just one more step, one more learning curve, to allow me to share my most personal updates with my close friends and family.

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