Location Cheating: A Security Challenge to Location-Based Social Network Services

Location-based mobile social network services such as foursquare and Gowalla have grown exponentially over the past several years. These location-based services utilize the geographical position to enrich user experiences in a variety of contexts, including location-based searching and location-based mobile advertising. To attract more users, the location-based mobile social network services provide real-world rewards to the user, when a user checks in at a certain venue or location. This gives incentives for users to cheat on their locations.

Location Cheating: A Security Challenge to Location-Based Social Network Services

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Facebook challenge to mobile networks

The New South Wales Government's nsw.gov.au onlione gateway has switched its search engines to the Australian-developed Funnelback search solution. A Government spokesperson said the Funnelback engine was selected because of its ability to combine the benefits of cloud computing with a the ability to better customise its services and fine...

Facebook challenge to mobile networks

Backlink: http://www.cebit.com.au/news/technology/facebook-challenge-to-mobile-networks

Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts to Judge Movie Extra Tropfest 2011 Challenge

Love making vidos, here's your chance, YouTune Australia and Tropfest, launched "Movie Extra Tropfest 2011" competition and calling filmmakers from around the world to participate: all films can be uploaded to Tropfest channel and any filmmaker whose submission is chosen as a finalist will be flown to Australia for the screening of the event.

Gowalla University Check-In Challenge (Appscout.com)

Gowalla users, or as I affectionately call them "The Others" will be pleased to know that Gowalla is actively pushing to compete with its recent partnership with Associated Press to bring the AP Top 25 Gowalla Check-In Challenge to students who check-in to certain college/university spots the most...

Source : Appscout.com

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