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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

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Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. Experts ” have recently placed Foursquare valuations in the $50M to $70M range. I think this is low, and I also think it is too soon for Foursquare to sell. The Yelp iPhone app alone had around 1.25 I don’t think so.

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

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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.

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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. you tap “Check-in” and the software tries to locate you.

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Netflix finally gets iPhone App

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Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Netflix finally gets iPhone App There are a few apps that were available on the iPhone App store that could tie into your Netflix account. Netflix Streaming to my iPhone When it came to my Netflix queue though it wasn’t always the best option. How cool is that?

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Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh'My

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Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh’My I’ve become obsessed with location based applications for my iPhone. Foursquare caught my attention a year ago when most of my network that attended SXSW started updating their profiles with their locations all over Austin.

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Paragon Software Group – A Social Experiment

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Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Paragon Software Group – A Social Experiment Life is good at Paragon Software. Being in these two key sections of Paragon Software Group lets me get a very high level view of where the company is and will be moving to in the future. Stay tuned for updates.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

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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. Enterprise Social Software Applications Will Become Commonplace. Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks.