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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

After having read the immensely resourceful book, The Facebook Effect , I’m starting to understand how our world is changing thanks to social networks. You couldn’t join Facebook unless you had a college email address on a particular school’s domain, much to their prospective advertisers’ chagrin.

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Facebook Eavesdropping Patent and Congress Questions

Laurel Papworth

Why does Facebook have patents to listen (eavesdrop) through the microphone for ambient sound if they are only using it for uploading your video? My live feed of the Congress hearings cut out right near the end, but did anyone ask these questions? Facebook Eavesdropping Patent #1. Facebook Eavesdropping Patent 2014 8706499.

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10 Tips For Taking A Vacation From Social Media

SocMed Sean

Believe me, it’s difficult to resist the temptation to check your Facebook feed, especially when you have your phone out to search Google Maps for the closest coffee shop. We use them for online boarding passes, restaurant locators, maps/directions to popular tourist destinations, and leveraging the phone for GPS.

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How to Leverage a Community of Passionate Fans

Convince & Convert

The RSS feed is: [link]. Many casual users of Garmin may only know them as a GPS company, but the truth is that Garmin has been around much longer than the portable GPS has been available, working on equipment for aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, and fitness industries. We couldn’t do it without them! Listen Now .

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Cats and Social Media: Purrfect!

Ari Herzog

It also has outposts on Facebook and Twitter. Visiting catster.com , you can select navigational categories on cat breeds, caring for your cat, feeding your cat, adopting a cat, choosing a vet, etc. Catster, celebrating its sixth birthday next month, has a friendlier web design.

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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. I'm guessing for most of you the answer is both. if yes, please explain.

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to End Poverty

Stay N' Alive

“Twitter GPS Locator App&#. In addition to the above, I plan to announce a new way I think can completely end Street Begging and truly feed and put a shelter over the heads of those that really need it around the world. Thus far, several projects have been proposed : “Building a Fighting Poverty Apps Store&#.