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Tech Forecast: Geotracking

July 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends

Image courtesy of Max Gladwell
By Bob Mason (@BobMasonPalio)
Foursquare, Gowalla and other mobile location-based apps are changing people’s behavior. “Checking in” is gaining momentum as individuals use these applications to discover new places, people and information. According to Comscore statistics, 14 percent of all mobile users, or about 80 million people worldwide, access maps on their [...]

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Location, Location, Location

March 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Opinion

By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Microblogging? Sooo 2008.
If you listen to the hype that emanated from SXSW, it’s all about location, location, location.
Not very long ago, the idea to make it possible for people to transmit short bursts of information to their group of friends was groundbreaking. Now that Facebook made their status updates a big broader, [...]

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