April 1st - Geolocation

Geolocation seems to have become one of things we are now depended upon. How and why you ask? Well look at your cellular device and tell me the apps that you use. Facebook? Instagram? Snapchat? These apps, just name a few, are the ones that constantly use geolocation. For most of them, depending on what kind of phone you have, like iPhone or Android, they ask to use your location. Why do they want to know my location, you ask? To better service you, my dear. To find a better way to advertise to you according to your location. For Facebook and Instagram, that is the case, but for Snapchat, it is quite different. If you notice after you take a photo and you swipe right a couple of times you might notice these things called, filters. Depended upon one's location, there might be a filter for their location. For example, for Canyon, TX, there are two location filters.

                                  

Snapchat has also added filters for universities, helping build up the school spirit. For example, there are two university filters for West Texas A&M University. Although, some location filters are not offered to users depending on where they are, usually either from lack of service within the area or if the area is a small enough place that there is no point in making a filter for it.