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As a followup to this morning’s article on Facebook’s new Places feature, I decided to give a more visual instruction on how to turn Places off on Facebook.
First, go to your Privacy Settings which will give you an overview o. Click on the “Customize Settings” link, shown below in red.
Last night, Facebook announced its “Places” feature which allows you to “check in” at places you’re at. If you’re hanging with friends at a club, you can tell everyone that you’re there by letting the Facebook iPhone app find your location via GPS, and then selecting the club you’re hanging at. It’s no different than Foursquare and Gowalla except that those two companies don’t have nearly the amount of users and social connectivity that Facebook does.
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Geek groking about the 35th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, Facebook joins the LBSN services, Geeks + Emoji = Nerdy photography, Best Buy bribes you to shop (with an iPhone app), Star Wars on Blu-Ray, and Twitter trends (the good, the silly, and the just plain stupid), plus other random bytes.
An assortment of Geekistry potpourri: Our SXSWi panel, Apple removes the iPhone app Camera+, the girl who quit via white-board (a spoof!), StarCraft 2, Guild Wars 2, meteor showers, and a happy 71st, Wizard of Oz!
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