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Nearly half of teens still not aware of Facebook Places and Foursquare

Nearly half of UK teenagers have not heard of location-based check-in services such as Facebook Places and Foursquare, according to research by youth marketing agency Dubit.

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View from the Valley: The check-in is dead and Twitter is in big trouble

Foursquare et al dying and Twitter on life support? What a downer of a week in Silicon Valley, writes AdGent Digital's Cameron Yuill.

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RE: Facebook demands £50,000 media investment from brands for Deals tool

£50k over how long. A year? A month? This is an odd decision and another reason I wish Foursquare all the best.

RE: Andrew Walmsley on Digital: Mobile's game-changer

Does all action need to be rewarded with something that has monetary value? I'm not too sure. There are 7 million people using Foursquare, and not all of them need a discount for checking in. Games are fun. So, one of their challenges is keeping/making it fun rather than 'paying out' somehow. Clay Shirky talks a lot about intrinsic and extrinsic rewards in terms of activity and behaviour change. I think a lot of his principles apply here. Here's my interview w/ Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley: http://community.brandrepublic.com/blogs/georgenimeh/archive/2011/02/23/looking-beyond-the-check-in-with-dennis-crowley-video.aspx If you're interested in knowing more about Seth Priebatsch, I've profiled him here: http://iboy.posterous.com/seth-priebatsch-the-sxsw-un-interview

RE: Eristoff uses Facebook Places for Snowbombing app

Facebook places growing too fast!!Can Facebook places really beat Foursquare? I see some sites like http://WorkplaceTalk.com people can use can use to talk about places they check in and to share office gossip anonymously that are already built on top of facebook places. The advantage facebook has compared to other sites is Huge Huge user base.. Time will only tell who wins!!!

Location, location, location: the new wave of social networking

Thanks to the launch of Facebook Places, Foursquare and Google Latitude, location is becoming an essential element of social interaction. Alexandra Jardine reports on how advertisers can "check in".

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