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Kate Nicholson
Apr 13, 2010

Geolocation: Web giants Google and Facebook want in

As geolocation heats up, all eyes are on three rival start-ups, Foursquare, Gowalla and BrightKite, while web giants including Twitter, Yelp, Google and Facebook make sure they get a slice of this new digital trend.

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