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2 Location-Based Apps That You Can’t Live Without (Part 3 of 3)

Posted by Mo Elnadi November 10 2011 02:20pm

2 Location-Based Apps That You Can’t Live Without (Part 3 of 3)

Mo Elnadi (@MoElnadi), Head of Digital Strategy, The Reptile Group

There are many new applications that make very good use of geo-location and particularly FourSquare check-ins.  A new application called #Hashable, for example, allows professionals to connect and keep track of others whom they met at an event, or make business introductions among their trusted networks.

Waze, on the other hand, provides the driving community with a free SatNav system that automatically updates maps and traffic jams based on members’ check-ins as they drive around towns worldwide, using your mobile phone GPS receiver.

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See Also: 

Location-based services: A Fad or the Future of #SocialMedia Marketing? (Part 1 of 3)

What is the future of location-based service? Does it really lie in local search or services? (Part 2 of 3)

2 Location-Based Apps That You Can’t Live Without (Part 3 of 3)

A Marketer’s Guide to Social Pull Marketing  - (Part 1 of 2)

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