What Can Location Based Services Do For You?
According to the Chinese calendar, 2010 is the year of the Tiger, but for social platforms it is the year of Location Based Services. A location based service may not strike as much fear in the heart as a tiger would, but it is a service that should stop some businesses in their tracks because of the possibilities an LBS can have. Right now the most popular LBS platforms are Foursquare and Facebook’s imitation with Places. Foursquare has the numbers and Places has the name behind the name,...
Read MoreWhrrl Is Taking Over Vegas!
Ready for a Whrrl of a time in a city known for bright lights and late nights? Whrrl, a location-based service, is taking over Las Vegas! Whrrl is similar to other location-based services in that there are check ins and rewards, but Whrrl lets you create your own society & where better to do that than in the city of sin. Whrrl’s society rewards program has partnered up with the top hotels, resorts, restaurants, entertainment and nightlife in Vegas. All you have to do is check in and you...
Read MoreLocation Based Social Media … The Sexy Newcomer to the Social Scene
Tweet No matter how you look at it, Foursquare is sexy and offers something that Facebook and Twitter do not. Foursquare is a Location-Based Service (LBS) that has been around since March of 2009 and has 1.3 million members already checking into it’s registered locations. This number, actually the growth, is incredible. it is comparable to a ten year span in US population growth where according to the US census, in the period from 1850 to 1860 our nation went from approx. 31 million to 39...
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