Loopt and Green Dot: A Storified View

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What’s the future of location-based services? One path may be mobile commerce, where LBS platforms bring a key loyalty tool. That seems to be one explanation for the $43 million acquisition of LBS Loopt last week by banking company Green Dot, which is known mainly for its prepaid cards for retailers.

So how did it shake out in the Twitterverse, in blogs and general media? Here’s our Storified roundup: