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How Social Media Has Become a Tool For Clinical Research

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social networking gives sponsors and clinical trial coordinators the ability to target a vast group of e-patients. Just remember that a successful social media campaign must have a clearly defined set of objectives with measurable outcomes or key performance indicators (KPIs). Google Analytics. Twitter Analytics.

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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. In fact, I kinda failed which is what prompted me to write down my tips for taking a vacation from social media, both for myself and anyone else that might benefit.

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Is Marketing About To Get Really Creepy Or Really Good?

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Applications range from step-by-step indoor navigation, to product-level retail customer engagement, to proximity-based social networking." " If you can get beyond the marketing jargon, WiFiSLAM is, essentially, GPS for the indoors. But it's not just a game for Apple and Google. google maps. indoor gps.

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Find Twitter followers by location 2011

Laurel Papworth

Or based on the phone GPS co-ordinates that are sent with the tweet to Twitter. Doesn’t work if they are on a computer or they block GPS location on their phone. Many Twitter mobile phone clients that use the GPS location of the phone may auto-update the Twitter bio from the phone’s location based software.

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. Isn’t that how social networking works?

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Facebook Eavesdropping Patent and Congress Questions

Laurel Papworth

Google jockeys. Periodic ambient waveform analysis for enhanced social functions is a patent to listen to “ambient waveforms” e.g. stuff around you. For example, if a user’s GPS indicates he is in a movie theatre, the device may automatically turn off its ringer. Quel irony!]. Facebook Eavesdropping Patent #1.

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The 10 Key Mobile Trends for 2011

Mindjumpers

hours/week on social networks and 2.2 Word has it that Google will launch it’s Chrome cloud OS in early 2011. Google has announced that it will support NFC (Near Field Communications) in the next release of its Android mobile OS. Buyouts and social purchasing power. hours on email. Mobile banking a must have.

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