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Tracking, Personalization And Screams Of Privacy

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According to the Business Insider article: "Nomi's team gives retailers a snippet of code that lets wireless routers listen for nearby smart phone signals. The wireless routers can detect unique Media Access Control (MAC) codes from smart phones and then collect non-invasive data about customers in real-time.

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Is your business easy to find for local and mobile searchers.

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I promptly pulled out my smart phone, went to Google and typed merely “Italian deli&# – not having to add a geographic modifier because the GPS on my phone was enabled and would automatically pull local business listings based on my current location. First an anecdote, then the facts. if yes, please explain.

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Facebook Filed for a Trademark on the Word Meta. You Should See the Description.

Bill Hartzer

G & S: Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application; Computer hardware; Downloadable software for social networking and creating and interacting with online communities; Downloadable software for creating, managing and accessing groups within virtual communities; Software development tools; Downloadable software to enable development, (..)

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Klout and Peerindex – social network loyalty cards?

The Way of the Web

You share your data on frequency of visits and what you have purchased with the retailer, and in return they give you some rewards in savings or additional offers. And here’s where the loyalty card element comes in: Supermarkets and social networks: The basics of the supermarket loyalty card are pretty simple.

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Help! My Baby is Sick and Someone is Stealing My Money!

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I noted, as usual that mobile visitors represented about twenty percent of my overall traffic, split roughly 50/50 between tablets and smart-phones, which is exactly what I would expect from reading the latest tech news headlines. Smart-phone users aren’t quite so keen to buy stuff, yet. Mobile is growing like crazy.

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Asperger's and IT: Dark secret or open secret?

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Industry - Automotive - Defense/Aerospace - Energy/Utilities - Financial - Health Care - Retail - Transportation - Travel - Manufacturing. Business Intelligence and Analytics. iPhone grabs top smart phone spot. iPhone grabs top smart phone spot. Zones White Papers Editorial Calendar. Small Enterprise.

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