Issue no. 410 - 6 August 2010

• How I became a Foursquare cyberstalker (Guardian)
  It's the coolest social networking tool in the world. But is the geo-location app Foursquare a stalker's dream? Just how easy it is to uncover the intimate details of a complete stranger's life?

• Users of location services worried about robberies, stalking (Ars Technica)
  When location-based services started becoming popular in the mobile world, there was a contingency of jaded skeptics who joked about increased robberies and stalking incidents. It turns out that those concerns reflect what users are really thinking: more than half of people who use geolocation services on their mobile phones are worried about a loss of privacy, according to survey data from Webroot.

Issue no. 409 - 6 June 2010

• Why Foursquare is the traveller's new best friend (Guardian)
  Location-based social networking sites mean that being at a loss for things to do in a new city could be a thing of the past. Benji Lanyado puts Foursquare's tips to the test in central London.

Issue no. 407 - 28 March 2010

• Google integrates Nearby location in search results (CNET news.com)
  Google searchers can now refine their search results based on location. The new "Nearby" feature is available in Google's Search Options panel. It defaults to users' current location, which can be further refined to include their city, region, or state.

• The dark side of geo: PleaseRobMe.com (CNET News.com)
  A new site called Please Rob Me has popped up to expose the potential pratfalls of the geolocation craze: If you're pushing a "check-in" from Gowalla, Brightkite, or Foursquare to a local restaurant out to your public Twitter stream, you're broadcasting that you aren't home. Which could be taken to mean that your home is ripe for burglary. Please Rob Me consists exclusively of an aggregation of public Twitter messages that have been pushed through fast-growing location-based networking site Foursquare, one of a handful of services that encourages people to share their whereabouts with their friends. You can filter by geographic location, too.

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