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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

Socialized

Some think this might mean the end for standalone location-based services like Foursquare and Brightkite. Experts ” have recently placed Foursquare valuations in the $50M to $70M range. I think this is low, and I also think it is too soon for Foursquare to sell. I don’t think so. More on 4sq in a moment.). I don’t think so.

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Launches Paper, Twitter Tweaks Homepage Search, Foursquare Now Delivers

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Check out this week’s summary of all the latest social media news, including changes and new features for Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare: Facebook launches mobile app Paper. Foursquare.

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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. I use Brightkite and Foursquare on my iPhone, so I am describing the applications from this standpoint.

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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. With Foursquare, a user could look to find people who are close by, like a woman in a nearby bar for instance. Luckily, this data integration feature has now been disabled by Foursquare.

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Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh'My

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Foursquare Gowalla and Yelp Oh’My I’ve become obsessed with location based applications for my iPhone. Foursquare caught my attention a year ago when most of my network that attended SXSW started updating their profiles with their locations all over Austin.

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Paragon Software Group – A Social Experiment

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Paragon Software Group – A Social Experiment Life is good at Paragon Software. Being in these two key sections of Paragon Software Group lets me get a very high level view of where the company is and will be moving to in the future. Stay tuned for updates.

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Paragon Software - My New Disaster Recovery Software Gig

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Paragon Software – My New Disaster Recovery Software Gig Early in March, I was let go from Acronis software. Then came along Paragon Software. Give them the software at a decent price, and let them make a decent profit.