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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. I don’t think so. I don’t think so. More on 4sq in a moment.).

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Intro to Foursquare, Brightkite & Location-Based Social Media

Socialized

That doesn’t mean all of these phones will run Foursquare , Brightkite or any other popular location-based application. Foursquare, for example, runs only on iPhone and Android, though other versions are under development. As the late Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan said, “Publication is a self-invasion of privacy.&#.

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

The Realtime Report

Placed can even access the compass and accelerometer on users’ phones, and has software to help pinpoint your location even when the data isn’t clear (ex: if you’re in a basement). ” And you may already have apps on your phone that are tracking your data (Foursquare, etc).

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Big data: seeing the forest and the trees

Sherrilynne Starkie

Big data is a collection of data sets so large and complex that they difficult to process with commonly used software tools. 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. How do you understand it? It’s messy data.

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Five Social Media Predictions for 2010

Socialized

Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Enterprise Social Software Applications Will Become Commonplace. These companies could end up being acquired.

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Ma.gnolia Down - Price For Social Bookmarking

Koka Sexton

Not to mention that I don’t want bookmarks to my bank account stored online – I don’t care what type of privacy policy a site has. or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] Jim’s last blog post.

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Koka Sexton dot Com

Koka Sexton

Now you can protect your privacy and freely give a phone number for contact. or Geotracking services are picking up steam and in my post about Foursquare, Gowalla and Yelp I was still sifting Koka Sexton dot Com: [.] Ever had to put you phone number down on craigslist or ebay? Use get_bookmarks() instead.