TRAVEL TIP: Location-based Social Networking
Saturday, June 19th, 2010The next time you travel either for business or holiday, try the latest location-based social networking trend which allows you to discover:
- What’s happening in the area where you currently are (eg. great food, special offers or events); and
- Whether any of your friends are around there (so you can connect with them there!)
All you need is a smart phone (Apple iPhone, Blackberry, Google Android or Symbian) and one of those burgeoning location-based social networking sites like Foursquare (Note: a list of popular location-based social networking sites is given at the end of this article):
For example, someone avoided a notorious food stall in New York after she ‘checked in’ to such a site and found a tip-off from another user warning her to steer clear!
In contrast, you can easily miss such warnings from general social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter which streams thoughts from other users randomly and endlessly.
However, there’s a trade off: (more…)
