Why Facebook Changing Places Into Locations Is So Cool

Posted by Guest Writer on August 25th, 2011 12:41 PM

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Facebook announced a series of upcoming changes this week, and while most of the attention was on a revamping of the privacy system, the transformation of places is possibly more significant.
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INFOGRAPHIC: Facebookers’ Age, Gender And Location

Posted by Jackie Cohen on May 16th, 2011 3:53 PM

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We love infographics about Facebook, including this one showing gender and age balance on Facebook versus other social media sites.
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Are Coupons Really The Holy Grail Of Location?

Posted by Nick O'Neill on November 23rd, 2010 11:10 AM

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There has been years of hype over location-based social networks, however so far that’s all it has been: hype. Now Foursquare, Facebook, and others have rolled out deals platforms which enable businesses to incentivize consumers to shop based on offers. The one thing that I keep thinking though, is that coupons never incentivized me to shop somewhere.
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Marketers Enable Facebook Users To Check In To Billboards

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on October 25th, 2010 4:42 PM

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Brands have moved quickly to incorporate Facebook Places into their advertising strategy, with the latest campaign urging people to “check-in” to billboards across the UK for singer Cheryl Cole.
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Facebook Launches Places In France And Italy

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 30th, 2010 1:14 PM

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Facebook Places has gone live in France and Italy, the day after launching in Australia.
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Facebook Places Launches In UK

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 17th, 2010 12:54 PM

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Facebook has now rolled out its location check-in service Places to the UK, its third country since launching in the US in August. The service launched in Japan, where it is known as Spot, earlier this week.
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Burglary Ring Targeted Facebook Users Who Published Location

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 10th, 2010 2:05 PM

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Recent crime news from New Hampshire highlights the dangers of posting your location via Facebook Places or status updates.
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GM’s OnStar To Integrate With Facebook

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 8th, 2010 4:33 PM

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Are you addicted to Facebook? If you truly want to feed your addiction, you might want to subscribe to General Motors’ OnStar in-car communication service. If you’re trying to break it, maybe not.
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PlacePop Serves Up Data From Facebook Places

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 2nd, 2010 11:29 AM

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Developers are wasting no time building applications on top of the newly released API for Facebook Places. Earlier this week mobile game SCVNGR announced its integration and today it’s PlacePop.
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