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Location-based services are all the rage

Big Potential For Location-Based Social Media

happily shared via Business Insider Why Location-Based Services Like Foursquare Are Going To Become Big Businesses Location-based services is one of the hottest startup trends to have come out of the smartphone revolution of the past few years. But despite the hype, many people wonder what location-based services are really about, and whether they can be a real business. In a recent special report, BI Intelligence answers these questions. We: Present an overview through explainers of the most interesting location-based services including Foursquare, Shopkick and Groupon Now. Analyze case studies of promising business use of these platforms,...

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Beautiful Pictures

Lessons from Instagram: Be Visual

# Weekend Hashtag Project, WHPBIRDSONAWIRE, September 10, 2012 It has taken the founders of Instagram less than a high school tenure to go from $0 to $1.2 billion in net worth (Business Insider). Instagram founder Kevin Systrom graduated from Stanford University, interned at Twitter, and worked at Google. He took what he learned from the top social sites on the planet to put in motion one radical idea: make taking photos easy and fun. In April, Facebook proved they value visual media by...

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