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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Is it only a matter of time until we do something ridiculously life saving but also incredibly invasive — like implant GPS tracking devices — so that we can never truly disappear? We now check in voluntarily to places like Foursquare and Gowalla, where we broadcast what we’re doing and where we’re eating.

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4 Ways To Tap Into Local Markets

Harp Interactive

Whether you are a business with brick and mortar stores or a company without borders, you should be tapping into the growing number of local audiences seeking products and services in their own locality. Foursquare allows for check-ins. 4 Tips To Extend Market Reach Through Local Search Optimization & Geotagging.

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

Mindjumpers

However, a part of this might be caused by the fact that the company received $41 million in pre-launch venture funding from Sequoia Capital, Bain Capital and Silicon Valley Bank. Using something the company calls a “multi-lens,&# the app identifies nearby smartphones and instantly shares photos, videos, comments and likes with them.

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This Is Being Recorded. By You

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Most people just stare at the map of their GPS system and wait for the voice commands to bark out their next turn. I never tagged myself as an analytics jockey, but switching over to the trip data screen of my GPS turned the long drive into both a game and fascinating collection of data. foursquare. We track our own every move.

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Why Facebook and Twitter are Old News

Ari Herzog

As long as you have a mobile device with GPS identification and the ability to visit a website, you can play. You are never asked to like the company on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Syndicating FourSquare to Twitter. Recent comments I really like the idea of the game/GPS, custom apps, etc.,

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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

I’ve always found Foursquare a bit creepy; turns out there’s actually an app named Creepy that aggregates “GPS coordinates for any user (of geolocation services like Foursquare, Twitter and Flickr), pointing out their most frequented hangouts on a map…Essentially, it’s a stalker’s dream app.&#

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

Saying It Social

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. eMarketer reports that consumers force retailers to adopt social strategy.

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