Your
Local Location Setting
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Your Local gets to
the heart of what local news and local gossip really is
in nature. We can all go online to quickly find out
what's going on half way around the world and we know
every single detail (really, did we need the lunch menu
play by play??) of your social network is up to through
Facebook but what about everything in between? That's a
gap that makes the Grand Canyon look like a crack in the
pavement so let's see if we can bridge the gap with our
Zipper smart phone app. Specifying what area you want to
cover for the local news and local gossip coverage is
key to reigning in this gap. Your Local is a big part of
this so let's dig deeper.
Your Local is one of the Locations you can select when
filtering what local news or gossip you want to check
out (or create) with zips. The beauty of basing a local
news app on a smart phone app is that location is built
right into the device. Ever notice when a website tries
to do this, they'll usually place you in a city or hub
by you (hopefully) but world's apart. That's not local
in most cases. Your smart phone automatically keeps
track of your location both your actual physical
location and your home front. The "Your Local" selection
in the Zipper refers to your home front which is
probably your actual locations on most days unless
you're some kind of fugitive (for that pants you've been
wearing!).
So Your Local is the area roughly around your home base.
We say roughly because it will partially depend on how
populous your area is. Your area in Los Angeles means a
very different thing than your area in east Texas where
the closest town by 20 miles away with not much in
between. The trick to making the Your Local filter
really match your local is the distance setting.
Usually, we recommend 30 miles but this is a feature you
can change in your settings to fine-tune the ability of
the Zipper to truly capture local news and local gossip
based on what you mean by local. The "Your Local"
setting is typically the default location setting and
you'll probably find yourself within this location quite
a bit. It gives the widest net of local news and local
gossip information available while still maintaining any
semblance of the meaning "local". You can always use the
channel to further fine tune the local news net that the
Zipper casts while keeping the location as "Your Local".
What are the alternatives to the Your Local?
You can switch to "Current Local" to match information
when traveling away from your home base. This can be
helpful while on vacation or traveling in other cities.
You can also switch back to "Your Local" while away to
see what's going on at home if you get a little
homesick. There are also more specific location filters
such as High School or College which will narrow down to
local news and local gossip associated with a particular
school alone. These are very popular locations for kids
in school because let's face it, their school is their
local. If they need to look beyond the protective walls
of their schools, they can always switch back to Your
Local for the full richness of information available to
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