When Google plus Your World came out, many critics were underwhelmed. Although there were privacy concerns about personalized search results, the site’s social media elements were actually conservative considering the arsenal of tools available for finding people online. At a Social Media Week panel on Tuesday, pioneers in geosocial networking predicted a more sophisticated – and slightly creepy – future.
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Today geosocial and location-based services are more popular than ever. People are checking in to wherever they are, using apps to find local restaurants and more. In fact, a study recently conducted by the Pew Research Center found that over a quarter of American Adults are using mobile and social location-based services (LBS). A new infographic from Flowtown and Column Five takes a look at who these users are and how they’re using these services.
Social networking giant Facebook just announced an expansion of Places, its location-based networking feature, but perhaps it should have “checked-in” with Main Street first.
If imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, then Foursquare must be really, really flattered. First came Gowalla and then Facebook Places to replicate the app that lets you “check in” and share your location with friends. Now the ‘Foursquare of the Future’ has emerged. It’s called Foound and it seems sure to steer the location-based social network craze in a new direction.
