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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225171/SXSW_Location_location_location_fuels_mobile_apps?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2012-03-14
The SXSW music fest (South by Southwest) in Austin Texas is a hotbed for technology. Everybody carried a smartphone (or at least our daughter and son-in-law do).
The article noted: "Soon FourSquare won't be the only cool kid on the location-based apps block: A new wave of startups, including Highlight, Zaarly, TaskRabbit and Localmind, are generating buzz at South by Southwest by drawing on smartphone location data to deliver a range of social, commercial and informational experiences.
Highlight is a "social discovery" app that notifies users when they are near someone they don't know with whom they might share interests. It runs in the background, only requiring the user's attention when it has found a potential social contact."
So, if you are in the crowd, have an appropriate Highlight account, and get a chirp indicated that somebody with similar interests is in the crowd, you might want to go meet him or her!!! (Of course, if you are single and looking for the "right person", it might not be good if he or she is there with a date!!!)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225171/SXSW_Location_location_location_fuels_mobile_apps?source=CTWNLE_nlt_dailyam_2012-03-14
The SXSW music fest (South by Southwest) in Austin Texas is a hotbed for technology. Everybody carried a smartphone (or at least our daughter and son-in-law do).
The article noted: "Soon FourSquare won't be the only cool kid on the location-based apps block: A new wave of startups, including Highlight, Zaarly, TaskRabbit and Localmind, are generating buzz at South by Southwest by drawing on smartphone location data to deliver a range of social, commercial and informational experiences.
Highlight is a "social discovery" app that notifies users when they are near someone they don't know with whom they might share interests. It runs in the background, only requiring the user's attention when it has found a potential social contact."
So, if you are in the crowd, have an appropriate Highlight account, and get a chirp indicated that somebody with similar interests is in the crowd, you might want to go meet him or her!!! (Of course, if you are single and looking for the "right person", it might not be good if he or she is there with a date!!!)
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