25% of American Adults Use Location-Based Services [Infographic]
By Alicia Eler / November 11, 2011 5:00 PM
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Location-based social networks were one of the top five trends of 2010. Nowadays, location is baked into pretty much everything that developers do. Mobile and social apps are location-enhanced, not location-based. You still can, however, "check in" somewhere using geosocial networks Foursquare, Gowalla and Facebook Places. Location-based services like Yelp utilizes the geographic position of your mobile device to figure out what's nearby.
Wondering who's actively using geosocial and location-based services? Take a look at this handy infographic after the jump.
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