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Introduces Foursquare and other location-based tools and services, and describes how they can be utilized as social networking tools, as well as detailing the potential dangers of location based programs.

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Through personal memoir and historical narrative, Foursquare: The Last Parachutist, tells the story of the author's grandfather and his role in the intelligence services of the exiled government of Czechoslovakia during WW2.

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