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Report: LBS Recommendation "Next Big Thing"

  • GigaOm, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 1:37 PM
GigaOm says recommended "places" are the next big thing for location-based services. "Now that Facebook is doing its best to make location-based services and the idea of a 'check-in' mainstream with Facebook Places, the real game in location is shifting elsewhere: such as trying to make sense of all of the location data that users are providing through various services," writes the blog. "One obvious goal is to offer users recommendations for places based on their behavior or the activity of their social network." Among other upstarts, GigaOm suggests keeping an eye on The Hotlist, a seed-funded startup based in New York, which just announced it has integrated the Facebook Places API into its recommendation service. Another newcomer is Hunch.com, which is also based in NYC, and is the brainchild of Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake. Having launched its beta in March, The Hotlist says it's logged close to 3 million upcoming events that users -- and their social networks -- plan to attend at almost a million locations around the world.

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