Showing posts with label based. Show all posts
Showing posts with label based. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2011

Predict Facebook Friends Based On Where You Go (t3.com News)

... predicts friends," Salvatore Scellato, one of the researchers told Reuters . The researchers used Gowalla in their work - a social networking site that allows users to share which place they are visiting. Scellato added that people who go to the same place add each other as friends, and found that about 30% of social links happened because people went to the same location. This...

Source : T3.com News

Explore : Facebook, Social Network


Predict Facebook friends based on where you go (T3.com News)


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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Yandex Search Suggestions Are Now Location Based in Russia

While Yandex previously offered some locally relevant search suggestions, now all of Yandex's search suggestions are based on a user's location. The search suggestions appear in the same bar but are broken out by city.

Yandex Search Suggestions Are Now Location Based in Russia


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Saturday, January 22, 2011

What I'd Like to See From Location Based Marketing Services

Location based (or geo-located) marketing is getting a huge amount of buzz at the minute, as Twitter apps connect location tweets to its service, Foursquare is credited with Domino's Pizza's UK success and smartphone users get ready for augmented rea

Tags: business Marketing lbs location based marketing

What I'd Like to See From Location Based Marketing Services


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Monday, November 22, 2010

If you were to do a location based social application now, what are the reasons to develop this as a Facebook app (or not)?

Answer added in topic Mobile Location Applications.

Pawel Janiak, Passively putting together a business model for...


Linking the app to the Facebook API would probably help you in the aspects you've mentioned in the question's details. The main reason you'd want to do it is gaining access to a substantial, active user base that could spur traction for your app.



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If you were to do a location based social application now, what are the reasons to develop this as a Facebook app (or not)?


Backlink: http://www.quora.com/If-you-were-to-do-a-location-based-social-application-now-what-are-the-reasons-to-develop-this-as-a-Facebook-app-or-not

Friday, November 19, 2010

Directi Case Study Competition 2010 on Location Based Social Networking Services

I spent a fun day at the Directi office today, judging the finalists in the Directi Case Study Competition 2010 on location based social networking services.The brief to the business school students was to "explore creative uses of location based soc

Tags: social media speaking social web location services social-networks directi

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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Location Based Services: Time for a Privacy Check-In (ACLU Bog of Rights)

... comparison of six popular social location-based services (Foursquare, Facebook Places, Yelp, Gowalla, Twitter and Loopt). Location-based services can collect information about not only where we go but who we know, what we do, and who we are. If that information falls into the wrong hands, the consequences can range from embarrassing to chilling to downright dangerous. Robberies have...

Source : ACLU Bog of Rights

Explore : Cell Phone, Geolocation, GPS, Phone, Social Network



Post originale: http://wik.io/info/US/229203365

Location Based Networks need to "show us the money" as soon as possible

Forget check-in fatigue, the problem with many location based services and networks is this, once you've checked in, there's nothing for you to do...1 Vote(s)

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Monday, November 15, 2010

Location Based Networks need to "show us the money" as soon as possible (All About Symbian)

... there is an answer, and some companies are pushing towards it. Don’t get me wrong. Foursquare and Gowalla have done really well building ecosystems that attract early adopters. Unfortunately, the evidence indicates that they only attract early adopters. If they want to reach the majority who don’t care about making it to Mayor, they need to abandon their pretence of fun, stop...

Source : All About Symbian

Explore : Nokia, Phone, Social Network, TechCrunch



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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Location Based App Survey (blueDonkey.org)

Do you use any of the current location based services? Things like Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook Places or even Yelp’s check in option? Or, perhaps you don’t use them because you don’t like something about them? If you have a spare couple of minutes, we’d really appreciate it if you could take our 7 question survey [...]

Source : blueDonkey.org

Explore : Yelp



Post originale: http://wik.io/info/US/228551831

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Only 4% of online Americans use location based services (SEARCH CLINIC)

In its first report on the use of “geosocial” or location-based services, the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life project finds that 4% of online adults use a service such as Foursquare or Gowalla that allows them to share their location with friends and to find others who are nearby.On any given day, only [...]

Source : SEARCH CLINIC



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Monday, November 8, 2010

Twitter Gets Serious About Location Based Services, Businesses Can Claim Locations (The Blog Herald)

In a move that places Twitter in direct competition with other location based services including Foursquare and Gowalla, the social networking company has announced the option for businesses to claim their locations. The new feature, which shows up in the users feed can be seen in the screen capture on this page (located above). The [...]

Source : The Blog Herald

Explore : Blogosphere, Foursquare, Social Network, Technology, Twitter



Post originale: http://wik.io/info/US/227126788

Saturday, November 6, 2010

The Future of Location Based Services is "Checking Out" not "Checking In"

Alternatively titled: The Rebirth of Brick and Mortar.Will location based services (LBS), like Foursquare, Gowalla, Facebook Places and SCVNGR ever go main stream when only 4% of adults use them? Yes they will. But the future of "checking in" is actu

Tags: shopping new trends biz geolocation social shopping location-based service

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Friday, October 29, 2010

iSoftStone and Microsoft to Develop HealthVault Based Citizen Health Solutions in Wuxi, China

Microsoft and iSoftStone Information Technology signed an agreement that enables iSoftStone to introduce Microsoft HealthVault technology to Chinese market.

Monday, October 25, 2010

4 Location Based Social Media Sites to Watch

Are you familiar with location based social media sites? Well, there are quite a few of them out there. And while at the moment you may be thinking to yourself, "Who cares?" After you read this post you may have a very different sentiment.Location

Tags: social media marketing local search

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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Digital Outdoor Signage - Location Based Advertising

Location based advertising is a new name for outdoor digital signage and is normally employed to advertise products in high traffic areas, that are pin pointed to specific geographic locations.Location based advertising is perfect for marketing local

Tags: hardware lcd enclosure outdoor digital signage lcd-enclosures & digital signage lcd monitor enclosures monitor enclosures dynamic digital advertising location based signage

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