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20 Hot Location-Based Apps and Services You Should Know About
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• LBS users are increasingly using services to enrich their social lives, with one in five (22 per cent) using it to find their friends nearby. • Around a quarter use the technology to find restaurants and entertainment venues (26 per cent) or check public transport schedules (19 per cent) and 8 per cent to book a taxi.
Navigation – 46%
Finding friends nearby – 22%
Finding restaurants – 26%
Checking public transport – 19%
For a deal or special offer – 13%
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Foursquare
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• Foursquare encourages users to check-in at locations in return for virtual badges and points.
• It helps you keep up with friends, discover what’s nearby, save money and unlock deals.
• It works across many mobile devices and businesses can offer rewards of their own, currently for free.
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Foursquare
• Gowalla allows users to earn virtual passport stamps as they discover new places, and share places, highlights or photos with friends.
• Easy for friends and families to share and discover photos, experiences and recommendations on the go.
• Businesses can add offers and rewards for free and personalise greetings to users checking in.
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Groupon
• Get it Check your email, Facebook or Twitter feeds for daily deals on cool local businesses.
• Enjoy It Print the voucher or bring it up on your mobile device, then present it at the business to get your deal.
• Share it Groupons are more fun when used with friends. Pass along deals by email or broadcast them to your social networks.
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Google Places
• Google Places helps you discover nearby places you'll love.
• By rating places you'll get place recommendations based on the places you like and recommendations from your friends.
• Quickly search for Restaurants, Cafes, Bars and other places, while on the go.
• Google Places also makes it easy to quickly rate the places you visit.
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SCVNGR
• SCVNGR is a location-based social game platform.
• SCVNGR builds a game “layer” on top of the real-world places, by rewarding discount, badges and points to players for checking in places and doing challenges.
• You'll discover cool new places to go, find fun new things to do and share your activity with your friends.
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Shopkick
• Shopkick is the first mobile app that gives you rewards and offers simply for walking into stores.
• Turn your kicks into store gift cards, music downloads, Facebook credits, restaurant vouchers or movie tickets!
• You can collect kicks and bonuses at nearly all places around Save while shopping at Target, Macy’s, Old Navy, Best Buy, Crate & Barrel, Toys”R”Us and many more stores in your neighborhood.
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Loopt
• Loopt enables users to see where your friends are in real-time, sharing offers and rewards.
• Save money! Get nearby deal alerts from groupon and loopt.
• Loopt makes it fun to explore the places around you!
• See and share fun, mini reviews of places.
• Find nearby friends on the map.
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Open table
• Make online reservations, read restaurant reviews from diners, and earn points towards free meals.
• Specify your dining date, desired time and party size to view available tables at nearby restaurants – listed by proximity or plotted on an interactive map.
• OpenTable is a real-time online reservation network for fine dining restaurants.
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Fandango
• This smartphone app enables users to see what movies are playing in theaters near them through geo-locator technology.
• Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Fandango Movies – Times & Tickets on the App Store.
• It can also be used to find show times and purchase movie tickets.
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Vouchercloud
• Discount vouchers and offers based on location.
• Find the latest Voucher Codes and Discount Vouchers with our huge selection across thousands of retailers and services in the UK.
• You search for deals and discounts near you – or you can search by area.
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NearbyFeed
• Location based (LBS) social networking. Discover what's happening around me.
• Find out nearby interesting information and opinions, meet like-minded people near you, and explore nearby interesting places.
• Checkin, share nearby information (photo, deal, news), places, and opinions with friends.
• Share geo-tagged photos and status with friends on Facebook/twitter and nearby people.
• Follow nearby people and see what they are doing, where they are and who they are with.
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GetGlue
• GetGlue is a social network for entertainment.
• Check-in and rate things to discover new favorites, see what your friends are into, get stickers and win free stuff.
• GetGlue enables user to check in to and rate TV shows, movies, music and books while consuming entertainment, to share with friends, and to see what their friends are consuming in real-time.
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Google Latitude
• Integrated with Google Map, Google Latitude enables users to check in places, to share where they are with select group of family and friends, and to see where their friends are in real time.
• Latitude lets you share your location in the background, even when the app is closed or your device screen is locked.
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Yelp
• A mobile yellow pages with reviews and offers.
• In addition to this you can also engage with customers privately and publicly within the application.
• Search for places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play then read reviews from an active community of locals in the know.
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Yelp
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Where
• Allows users to discover and share their favourite places.
• Feature highlights:
• Find nearby restaurants, bars, stores, and more with just a few taps.• Get access to special offers and deals at local businesses.• Save your favorite places and share them with friends.• See your friends’ favorite places and get suggestions for where to go together.• Get personalized recommendations for places and offers you’ll love.
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Facebook Places
• Facebook's new Places feature lets you share your whereabouts with all your friends.
• Checkin Map displays your friends’ Facebook Places checkins on an interactive map.
• See who is across the world, or just next door. Keep in touch with what’s happening and where.
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Urbanspoon
• SHAKE your iPhone and the Urbanspoon slot machine will suggest a restaurant.
• Make a RESERVATION, and expand your DINELINE by checking in. See what your FRIENDS like.
• See what's NEARBY in your 'hood, or BROWSE a comprehensive list of restaurants.
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Sonar
• Sonar is a mobile app that uncovers the connections you share with people nearby. It's the easiest way to discover friends at cafes, parks, meetups & conferences.
• Sonar shows you how you are connected to the people around you by analyzing your Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter networks.
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Sonar
• Geoloqi is a private, real-time mobile and web platform for securely sharing location data.
• Geoloqi gives you full control over your privacy.
• Features include Geonotes, subscribing to interesting nearby content, and private real-time GPS tracking.
• You can use Geologqi's notes feature to write yourself a reminder note, and then ping your local grocery store.
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Geoloqi
• Snap a picture, choose a filter to transform its look and feel, then post to Instagram.
• Transform everyday moments into works of art you'll want to share with friends and family.
• Share to Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr too – it's as easy as pie. It's photo sharing, reinvented.
• Pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects or tilt-shift blur to breathe a new life into your mobile photos.
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