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Facebook Places Explained

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Within the coming years, geosocial functions will likely become an integral part of our lives, as more and more people get smart phones, tablets and cameras with in-built GPS data to track our lives. With more than 500 million users on Facebook and 4.6 Similar Posts: Facebook Introduces Location Service: Places Foursquare: How Does It Work?

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Repositioning Through Social Media: The Conan O’Brien-Case

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A huge orange blimp – hot air balloon – with a build in GPS has been circling around major cities on the east coast during the month of October enabling Foursquare-users to earn a Conan-BlimpSpotter badge as well as seeing images on Flickr. • A Twitter account as we described in our previous Conan-post , which is now close to 1.8

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

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At the same time as using GPS to determine a user’s location, Color makes use of the camera to identify similar lighting, and the microphone to pick up noise that can be used to more perfectly match a user’s current position. That means any photos you take with Color are public, and can be seen by friends and strangers alike.

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The 10 Key Mobile Trends for 2011

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We already have built in features such as GPS and gyroscopes (so your phone knows when you pass out at the company Christmas party). Juniper cautions it won’t all happen at once though – it’s going to take some time for stores to deploy contactless readers and of course, there is the issue of user adoption.

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Mobile: Give Your Customers That Something Extra

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Now, Macy’s, the big all-American department store, has truly tapped into the SoLoMo movement by giving their customers that little extra something in their already launched Macy’s app : A GPS function to navigate in their flagship store in NYC!

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Disney Parks Check In At Gowalla

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The game works utilizing the GPS chip in the phone, so you are able to check in at places or spots around the world – like with Foursquare. Tweet Gowalla is a virtual geocaching game that you can use on your iPhone, Android, Palm OS and some Blackberry mobile devices.

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Google+ : A Quick Snapshot

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If you’re looking to share GPS-tagged messages, photos with messages, or videos to your Circles, this is the place to do it. Here, we see an intelligent integration of Google features,but last I checked this feature wasn’t working! Let me know if it does now. I haven’t read any reviews on it yet, do let me know about it!

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