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Topic # 92248 29-Oct-2011 21:33
On Me there's a Checkin option. We can add locations, but where are these locations on the web? Where can we see more of those? Can't find much information anywhere... Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 539369 30-Oct-2011 21:44
Is this like FourSquare? There's a Checkin option on Ovi maps which also allows me to checkin on Foursquare and a whole heap of other places like Facebook, Twitter, and some I've never heard of before. Nokia 920 Nokia N9 Nokia E7 HP Touchpad Dell Inspiron 14z i5

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Reply # 539417 31-Oct-2011 07:53
It's not like Foursquare as in there is no leaderboard, badges, etc. It's just to let people know where you are. Looking at it, seems it gets places from Facebook. Mauricio Freitas (Geekzone Admin, Devil's Advocate, my blog, technology disclosure, my tweets, Web Performance Optimization) Geekzone Price comparison \| Amazon Kindle order page \| How to get the best out of Geekzone \| New Zealand IT Jobs \| Geekzone News \| Jinglebugs

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Reply # 539427 31-Oct-2011 09:04
May well be facebook's failed check in service, places. http://www.pcworld.com/article/203819/how_to_use_facebook_places.html

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Reply # 539524 31-Oct-2011 12:24
freitasm: It's not like Foursquare as in there is no leaderboard, badges, etc. It's just to let people know where you are. Looking at it, seems it gets places from Facebook. If it's getting the places from Facebook how does it know who to share you location with? Facebook friends? Nokia 920 Nokia N9 Nokia E7 HP Touchpad Dell Inspiron 14z i5

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Reply # 539599 31-Oct-2011 15:10
It's check in powered by bing services. You can also see those 'me' tile check in's on windowsphone.com website when you login. https://scrapbook.bingmobile.com Microsoft\|Outlook\|Skydrive\|Windows Live Admin Center\|Skype\|Office Web Apps\|Office 365\| Windows Phone\|Windows 8\|Xbox\|Hyper-V\|Office2013\|Bing\|Security Essentials\|Server 2012

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