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You may love sharing your location using Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places, but have no doubt about it – you’re in minority. Scrap that – you’re in a super minority.
According to The New York Times article which quotes the Pew Internet and American Life Project, only 1% of online adults actually use check-in services like the three mentioned above on a daily basis. I’m not sure it’s a stalking thing or not, but men are twice as likely as women to be among the users. Moreover, location services are more popular among Hispanic users, at 10%, than among white users (3%) or black users (5%).
All said, does that means you should quit checking in completely? Not at all – do what you feel. The Pew report points out that only 6% of online adults used Twitter in August 2008, but that figure has since quadrupled. And that or something similar in terms of numbers is expected to happen with the location-based services as well…
[Via: The New York Times]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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