Posts Tagged with ‘location’

JigTweets is a new little tool launching today that allows a Twitter user to update his or her Twitter feed with just about anything - be it a picture, a URL, an RSS feed, a location or a YouTube video.
To start using the service you will need to go to its website where you will see your regular Twitter home page with updates from your friends. There will also be an additional toolbar above the standard page - this toolbar [...]

Please excuse the obvious irony in the above title, but it couldn't be left alone.  For those of you who aren't familiar with Loopt, it is a mobile social locating platform that is pushing many of the current boundaries in mobile social networking, not the least of which are privacy boundaries.  Loopt's biggest obstacle right now is getting GPS-equipped handsets into consumer hands and making GPS service somewhat affordable.
Though not much can be done on Loopt's end to force GPS-enabled [...]

Last week I attended the Twin Tech media event in Washington, D.C, and one topic that kept popping up in conversation was the issue of privacy in this relatively new world of mobile social networking.  Mobile social platforms designed to keep track of users' locations are all the rage, just like VGA camera-phones were many, many moons ago.
Though we may not be at the point where everyone can be found at the touch of a mobile screen, that day [...]

RadiusIM isn’t just another site where you can combine all of your IM accounts at one time. What makes it special is its inclusion of maps, letting you know who is close by of the people you’re chatting with, including other users of radiusIM. In this way, you can make new friends based on your location, or other locations you search for. Another nice thing is that it is completely web based, so there’s no downloading necessary, and you can check [...]