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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. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I think the same is true for the bevy of social tools. Social networking has hit a tipping point, but the channels will continue to ebb and flow. I’m not convinced there is a lot of evidence in BUSINESS communities that people come to those communities for social networking (like Facebook / MySpace).

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78 (of the) Best Social Media Marketing Tips, Guides, Tools and Strategies of 2010 (So Far)

Webbiquity SMM

For those who know little if anything about social media (there are more such people than you may realize; some in rather lofty positions at that), John McTigue offers an excellent primer covering the most popular tools, sites and strategies. 30 Tips: The Productivity Guide of Social Media by WebStudio 13.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

Hootsuite

In the context of social media, an algorithm is how a social platform determines which content to display at any given time to a particular user. Analytics is an umbrella term used to describe both social analysis tools and the information those tools provide. How the Instagram Algorithm Works. How the Twitter Algorithm Works.

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