Comments on: Solving The Social Networking Ad Problem http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/15/solving-the-social-networking-ad-problem/ Simon Brocklehurst's Technology Blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 02:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Asam Bashir http://www.psynixis.com/blog/2008/05/15/solving-the-social-networking-ad-problem/#comment-373151 Asam Bashir Fri, 16 May 2008 01:16:34 +0000 http://www.psynixis.com/blog/?p=437#comment-373151 Speaking of ads, looks like Apple has been looking at location based services after adding GPS to the 3G iPhone, http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/15/apple-explores-delivering-location-based-content-to-iphone-users/ An example used is Starbucks. If the rumor turns out to be true, iPhone 2.0 would be a perfect testing ground for experiments in social networked location based services. Sitting at Starbucks, order favourite beverage on iPhone, see what's happening in Facebook on iPhone, use a location based service and see if anyone else is around. Have seen one ad for this kind of service in Facebook so far, but it would be very slick to have it working on 3G GPS iPhone.... Speaking of ads, looks like Apple has been looking at location based services after adding GPS to the 3G iPhone,

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/05/15/apple-explores-delivering-location-based-content-to-iphone-users/

An example used is Starbucks. If the rumor turns out to be true, iPhone 2.0 would be a perfect testing ground for experiments in social networked location based services. Sitting at Starbucks, order favourite beverage on iPhone, see what’s happening in Facebook on iPhone, use a location based service and see if anyone else is around. Have seen one ad for this kind of service in Facebook so far, but it would be very slick to have it working on 3G GPS iPhone….

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