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August 19, 2010
Posted by:
 Justin Clemens
 

Face Place

Another day another Facebook privacy concern. Facebook launched Places, their geolocation check-in feature. Mashable has a good beginner's guide with all the details, including how to use it to promote your business.

It seems to be the trend that there's a privacy concern with every new Facebook feature, and Places is no different. This time it's that friends can check you into Places without your consent, inviting others to rob you while you're away.

Luckily, there are some pretty simple steps to protect yourself from this option:

  1. Go to privacy settings
  2. Go to "customize"
  3. Scroll to "things others share"
  4. Disable "friends can check me into places."

Excuse me while I go change my privacy settings.

Filed under  //   check-in services   Facebook   Facebook Places   Facebook Privacy   geolocation   Location apps   location-based   Mashable   privacy  

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July 28, 2010
Posted by:
 Randall Elliott
 

GetGlue and HBO Partner: True Blood Badges!

I posted about GetGlue last month and about event-based social media not too long ago. HBO is jumping on both of these bandwagons by encouraging fans to check-in while watching True Blood to earn badges. It's a great example of gaming mechanics and event-based social networks working together.

Filed under  //   check-in services   Event-Based Social Networks   gaming mechanics   GetGlue   HBO   It's not TV   social marketing   social media  

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June 24, 2010
Posted by:
 Randall Elliott
 

Could Glue Be the Future of Social Networks?

Glue, from the folks at AdaptiveBlue, is a bit different than your typical social network. Like many social networks it has a main web presence, GetGlue.com, but most of the activity happens through a toolbar in your browser and/or a mobile app.

When you surf the web and stumble on to a site like Amazon, or any site that has the widget installed, Glue will give you recommendations based on what your friends have been browsing and purchasing. You can then decide where else you would like to share it, including other social networks like Facebook. Facebook is of course trying a similar angle by encouraging the use of their own social graph. 

Glue has integrated their iPhone app to the rest of their service, giving them a location-based angle to what you're reading, listening to, watching, eating or discussing. And like Foursquare you can earn badges based on your activity.

Filed under  //   AdaptiveBlue   check-in services   Foursquare   GetGlue   Glue   graph   graph api   iPhone   iPhone App   Location apps   location-based   mobile   social   social media   social networking  

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March 5, 2010
Posted by:
 Hawk Thompson
 

Sometimes @brianoberkirch Takes Pictures of His Food Before He Eats It

It's true. And he's not the only one, either* — lots of us do (clearly, we also like to share them). That's why Foodspotting is so appetizing. It makes you wish Yelp's check-in services did the same.

*Full disclosure: @philcoffman tipped me off to Foodspotting, but @brianoberkirch's tweet drew me back to it.

Filed under  //   check-in services   community   food   Foodspotting   geolocation   social media   Yelp  

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February 28, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Ready to Connect with Your People Where They Live? Check Into Socialight.

Like Ning for LBS, Socialight lets you create custom social mapping communities that zero in on your audience's passions. Did we mention its open API makes geotagging hyperlocal content on mobile platforms easy as pie? It does (not just any old pie, either — that homemade peach pie that you and 47 other people checked into Flo's on State and Main to enjoy last Sunday).

Filed under  //   check-in services   community   LBS   mobile   Ning   social mapping   Socialight  

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January 29, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Check-In Wars: Facebook Gears Up for Battle

Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Yelp — you've been put on notice. Facebook is checking into check-in services, and plans to offer them by EOY 2010. Question is, will potential users have "checked out" by then?

Filed under  //   check-in services   Facebook   Foursquare   Gowalla   Loopt   mobile   social media   Yelp  

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January 21, 2010
Posted by:
 RPPL
 

Foursquare Adds Another Weapon For The Check-In Wars

At first the only way to play location-based Foursquare was through its iPhone app or the scant mobile website. Then came an Android app, opening the game to a whole new group of users. And now, BlackBerry users are getting the love.

Filed under  //   check-in services   Foursquare  

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