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RISK: The Internet Edition
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If social media platforms were nations of the world, and the world was a game of Risk, what would it look like? And how might in change over the next 5 years?
First-World Countries Love Foursquare
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Foursquare is touting it's popularity today and with good reason. The social check-in service saw an estimated 3,400% growth in 2010. Not too shabby. However, one of the most glaring issues that comes to mind when ...
Foursquare To Become A … TV Show?
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The semi-popular location-aware social network Foursquare is about to have an entire TV show made about it. Not a documentary, a legit show with actors / reality show participants and the whole shebang. It's going to ...
When Should Schools Adopt or Avoid New Social Networks?
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Foursquare is not going to replace Twitter or Facebook but it is still transforming the social media space. In fact, you know a service like Foursquare has caught on if schools are writing articles on how students are embracing the new system. For example, Marquette has just done a wonderful piece on how students are using Foursquare to find new and exciting places to go.
Schools not currently experimenting with services like Foursquare and Gowalla are missing out on a precious chance to connect with students.
Facebook Places: Everything You Need To Know
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Watch out Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and the other location-aware applications that are quickly gaining popularity. Facebook is tired of everyone else having all the fun (and revenue) so they just launched Facebook...
How Social Media Can Help Your First Day Of School – Part 1
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Going back to school, for both teachers and students, can be a nerve-wracking and difficult process. Students probably don't know one another. Teachers don't know the students. Everyone is just looking to carve out th...
A Chilling Must-Read For Social Media Users.
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[caption id="attachment_4092" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image: San Francisco Chronicle"][/caption] I understand the risks involved with social media. I get that putting more information about yourself...
3 Big Ways Foursquare Should Be Incorporated Into Search Results
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Whether you're an avid Foursquare checker-inner or simply know of the product (it allows people to gain points and other virtual prizes by checking into almost location using a smartphone), you might want to be caref...
How To Use The New ‘Twitter Places’ In Education
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Twitter is checking in on on the geolocation bandwagon. They've just announced that they'll be rolling out Twitter Places, a way for tweets to be set as being in a particular location. Twitter has joined Yelp and Goog...
U. Michigan Students Create Self-Tweeting And Foursquare-ing Ford Fiestas
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There's a new way to let people know you're arriving at a certain location. Forget using your phone or iPad...those are quaint relics. The new way to let your friends and followers know where you are is by having your...
The Unusual But Effective Way One School Is Embracing Social Media
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The typical way for a school to use social media is to set up facebook pages, start a twitter account, and slowly build a following. Poughkeepsie Day School in Poughkeepsie, New York, has already done that, but they'v...
A Glimpse Into Foursquare’s Offices [PHOTOS]
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Foursquare, the social networking system that lets you check-in to places and become mayor, has drawn plenty of media attention and is viewed as the biggest startup in awhile. So what's the office look like? Well, it ...
Is Foursquare Dangerous?
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After reading "Will Your College Be Covered in Virtual Graffiti?" on the Chronicle of Higher Ed, it reminded me of how behind the times some schools are. In one sentence, here's why: The notion of privacy has been all...
How To Make Going To Class Exciting With Foursquare
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Whether you're a teacher, student, or administrator, it just got a lot more fun to go to class. Foursquare, the quickly growing social network that lets you 'check-in' to places and get badges and see who else is ther...
How Harvard Embraced Foursquare
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In honor of Foursquare Day, (today is 4/16, four...squared.) we thought it would be helpful to point out how universities are using the relatively new location-based social networking service. Foursquare is looking fo...
