Socialized
MARCH 26, 2010
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. Part of Foursquare’s appeal is that it does one thing really well.
Ari Herzog
DECEMBER 18, 2011
Citing privacy concerns and not wanting strangers to know where I was every moment I checked in to a location, I deleted my Foursquare account 14 months ago. Forrester Research recently surveyed 37,000 mobile users and in its report issued this month, a mere 2% of those users had Foursquare accounts.
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Socialized
NOVEMBER 4, 2009
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.
The Realtime Report
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
Location analytics startup Placed convinced those people to download a mobile app that tracks them wherever they go, 24/7, in exchange for accumulating $5 and $10 gift cards over time, as well as being eligible for drawings of bigger ticket items, like an Apple iPad. So far, at least 125,000 Americans have answered yes to the above question.
The Realtime Report
JUNE 2, 2014
Facebook changes default privacy settings for new users to friends-only – for new users signing up to Facebook, default posting status is now set to friends only; previously, the default was global (Inside Facebook). Social Media News Ticker: Foursquare Launches Swarm, YouTube Reportedy Buying Twitch.
Sherrilynne Starkie
JUNE 22, 2013
And, Street Bump is a mobile application that lets people improve their own neighbourhoods. But there are privacy and data ownership issues.”. With Foursquare, a user could look to find people who are close by, like a woman in a nearby bar for instance. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare.
Mindjumpers
AUGUST 19, 2010
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. Facebook will make the service available in more countries and on more mobile platforms in the future. Facebook has of course also taken privacy into consideration.
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