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Visible Technologies pulled some data from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project for a nifty infograph of location-based social media statistics. Here's a look at it, and what the stats could mean for social business.

The Pew Internet & American Life Project has recently released a study on the use of location-based services in the U.S. Among the findings, about a quarter of American adults use mobile devices to get recommendations and directions, while only a small number use location-based social networking services to check in to their current locations.

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• President Obama Joins Foursquare
• Google Plus Now Used By Mainstream Population
• MI5 Searching Online For Riot Organizers
• LinkedIn Prioritizes Mobile With App Refresh

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Google+ Onboards 25 Million Users in First Month
• Nielsen Ratings on the Way to Facebook
• Are Newt's Twitter Followers Real?
• Foursquare Continued Popularity With New Usage Figures

Social location, marketing and media darlings Foursquare (news, site) and Groupon (news, site) are planning a deal to leverage their strengths and to offer customers the best deals in town.

In quite a week for Internet-based problems, the services side of Amazon (news, site) has promised a full inquiry into the problems that beset its North Virginia data center last week.

Amazon's (news, site) Elastic Cloud Compute service went down last week and is still recovering today, after bringing a number of major services to a standstill. Meanwhile, Sony's PlayStation network is also experiencing problems.

The big app to come out of SXSW this week will be EightBit. Launching tomorrow, it has a new take on the social check-in trend with a distinct look and fun feel. Where could this app take you? Wherever it likes, by the look of it.

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• FourSquare Goes International: Translates To 5 Languages
• HTC Launches Android Phones with Dedicated Facebook Buttons
• How Twitter's Trending Topics Originate
• How Do Small Business Use Social Networks?

Facebook is not particularly popular in Japan. But this highly connected nation is no stranger to social networking. In fact, Mixi (news, site), one of the more popular networks, is adding a system for easy tagging of real-world items using Near Field Communication.

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Salesforce Adds Likes and Replies To Chatter
• The Check-In Invades The Living Room With IntoNow
• Facebook Now Offering Local Deals, a la Groupon
• Google Team Invents Ways For Egyptians To Tweet Without Internet Access

From foursquare to GPS to Google Places (news, site), location-based services are taking off in a big way, but are users willing to sacrifice their privacy for better deals, dining out suggestions, keeping track of friends and other 'benefits'?

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• 2011: Facebook Concentrates on Mobile
• InMaps Provides Visual Relevance to LinkedIn Connections
• Twitter's Ad Revenue To Rise to $150 Million This Year
• Foursquare Hits 6 Million Users and 381 Million Check-Ins

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Facebook Accessed by 250 Million Every Day
• Location Will Rule This Holiday Shopping Season
• Twitter Analytics For The Every Day Twitter-er
• Facebook Launches Feature That Shows What Friends Discuss

Social media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here are the week's top stories in scan-friendly format:

• Who 'Owns' A Twitter Account: Employer or Employee?
• The Top Engaged Brands in Social Media
• Digg Cuts Staff, Re-Focuses
• Foursquare Launches Badges To Encourage Voting