Location Based Social Networks Links

A list of Location Based Social Networks compiled by Claudio Schapsis

A list of Location Based Social Networking sites

So here is the list I compiled while looking for Location Based Social Networking sites.

Please note it is not my intention to recommend or endorse any of them, and they are presented in alphabetical order.

You can individually rate any of the Social Networks mentioned in this page, and I encourage you to leave comments about your experience with any of them (just press comments under each title). Those in RED are discontinued, stop development, closed or not 100% functional.

If you find any LBSN missing on the list, just post a comment at the end of the page.

The list includes the following:
Aka-Aki, Belysio, Bliin, Blumapia, Blummi, Brightkite, Buddy Beacon, Buddycloud, BuddyMob, BuddyWay, buzzd, Carticipate, Centrl, CitySense, ComeTogethr, Dodgeball, Dopplr, Duzine, EagleTweet, FindbyClick, FindMe, Flaik,Footprint History, FourSquare, Foyaje, Fraced, Friend Mapper, Friends around me, Friends on Fire, GeoMe, GeoSpot, GeoUpdater, Glympse, Google Latitude, Gowalla, gpsME, Grindr, Groovr, GyPSii,ICloseby, iPling, Ipoki, IRL, Jentro, Junaio, LightPole, Limbo, Locaccino, Locatik, Locatrix, Locr, Locle, Loki, Loopt, MapMe, Map My Tracks, Match2Blue,MeetMoi, Meet Now Live, Microsoft Vine, Mizoon, Mobilaris, MobiLuck, Mologogo, Moximiti, My Adventures, MyGeoDiary, MyGeolog, Myrimis, myWingman, NAV2US, Now Here, Nulaz, Ovalpath, Plazes, Pocket Life, Pownce, Quiro, Qlique, Rally Up, Rummble, Shizzow, Skobbler, Skout, Sniff, Snikkr, Socialight, Sparrow, Spot Adventures, SpotJots, Stalqer, The Grid, Toai, Tonchidot, Toodalu, Tooio, TownKing TownQueen, Trackut, Trapster, Tripit, Troovy, Tweetsii, Twibble, Twinkle,Twittelator, Unype, VicinityMatch, Waze, weNear, WHERE™, Whereis Everyone , WhereYouGonnaBe, Whrrl, Zhiing, Zintin

Aka- Aki – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 13:50:56 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.aka-aki.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… aka-aki is about people you encounter in your life. as soon as another member is near you, aka-aki shows you common friends and interests on your mobile display. also from people in the neighbourhood, in the same city or your region. it’s like clicking on someone on the internet. but the difference here is that it’s in reality! with aka-aki you can forget about being bored while on the go. since from now on there’s always an interesting discovery just around the corner…”

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Belysio – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:04:05 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.belysio.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…belysio is a Poland based startup that has created an avant-garde social mapping service that changes the way people use mobile phones to stay in touch with their friends. belysio de-virtualizes social networking between friends and allows life encounter of people in the real world.

Using location-based technologies, belysio notifies you when your friends are coming into your proximity so that you never miss an opportunity to meet. belysio lets you send messages to nearby friends and updates the data in your address book automatically. With belysio you share latest activities of your life with your friends so that they can see what you’re up to...”


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Bliin- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:07 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.bliin.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…bliin is a social networking provider enabling mobile and online location-aware content, community and commerce.

bliin participates in the European Space Agency’s Technology Transfer Programme
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Bluemapia – Web and Mobile Social Mapping for Boaters

Last modified on 2008-12-20 13:51:31 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.bluemapia.com/

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Boating Mobile Social Network – Geotagged content sharing


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Blummi – Location Based Social Networking with Twitter

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:04:39 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.blummi.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… A recipe for a killer application: Take Twitter add a set of social network and location-based-service features plus a set of modern technologies like microformat, push, openid and oauth, mix web application together with native mobile application and you will get Blummi, the world’s first social network based on Twitter...”


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Brightkite – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-24 15:14:23 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

URL: http://brightkite.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Brightkite is a location-based social network. In real time you can see where your friends are and what they’re up to. Depending on your privacy settings you can also meet others nearby.…”

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Buddy Beacon – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-27 04:02:14 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://where.com/buddybeacon/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Looking to perk up your social life? Want to connect with friends while on the go? Then check out Buddy Beacon, the largest mobile friend-finding network.

A cool application that runs on mobile phones, Buddy Beacon allows friends to show each other exactly where they are and what they’re doing. It’s a fun and easy way to hook up when you’re out and about. You may never be bored again!

Buddy Beacon is available on many mobile phones, including iPhone, and allows you to connect with friends across different carriers. For the ultimate in friend-finding, you can even use Buddy Beacon with Facebook. There, you can manage everything related to Buddy Beacon – including your Buddy List and favorite places – from the comfort of your laptop.

And just so you know: Buddy Beacon is not a tracking application. Your location is updated only with your approval. … “

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Buddy Cloud- Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:39:37 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.buddycloud.com

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Excerpt from the website :“… Buddycloud is an application for your mobile phone that lets your friends know what you are doing and where you are.
Buddycloud is an application for your mobile phone that lets your friends know what you are doing and where you are.
Buddycloud is a mobile social location platform and open API.
Buddycloud adds context to the places you visit in the real world and makes it fun and easy to share these on sites like Twitter and Facebook.
As a Buddycloud user, you can bookmark and tag locations that mean something to you. For eample: Home, The Pub, Joe’s House and Favourite Coffee Shop.
As you move around, Buddycloud automatically places you back at previously saved bookmarks, and updates your Buddycloud friends, Facebook and Twitter. It also shows you other people and places nearby. Short status messages can also be pushed into twitter.
Buddycloud is also about knowing where you were in the past and future. A simple future location can also be set.
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BuddyMob- Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:06:39 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.buddymob.com/

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Excerpt from the website “…Live feeds from your friends – Find out where they are and what they are doing – Complete integration with IM and social networking sites – Available on Android enabled phones…”

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BuddyWay – Share your trips with friends

Last modified on 2008-12-26 16:58:09 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.buddyway.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…
With our GPS cell phone tracking system you can:

  • Track & save your trips
  • Share them with friends
  • View your trips in 3D in Google Earth
  • Show friends your location…

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buzzd – Location Based City Guide and Social Network

Last modified on 2008-12-28 14:57:28 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://buzzd.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… buzzd is a location-sensitive city guide and social network on the mobile device. buzzd answers the question, “What’s going on around me right now? ™” by allowing consumers to get up-to-the minute information on what’s happening at any venue right now, rate events and connect with friends and other people in the area.

buzzd partners with carriers and content providers such as Helio, Virgin Mobile, Alltel, metroPCS, AT&T, Flavorpill, Time Out, ZAGAT, Metromix, Citysearch and many more. The company is based in New York City and backed by Monitor Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Blackberry Partners Fund, and Qualcomm Ventures. The company was founded by Nihal Mehta and Deepen Shah from ipsh!, the first mobile marketing agency in the U.S. which was acquired by Omnicom Group in 2005. … “

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Carticipate – Location Based Social Transportation

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:07:04 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.carticipate.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Carticipate is an experiment in social transportation, the first and only rideshare application on a location aware mobile platform.

Save money on gas while helping the environment by ‘carticipating’ with friends, family, groups, or co-workers.

Coordinate driving plans by indicating where you are going, when, and post your ride. We will match you up to local carticipants going your way.

The new scheduler feature allows you to create and manage multiple trips where you define the “From” and “To” locations.

Carticipate comes with a list of pre-loaded default destinations which you can edit, delete, or add your own custom locations….”

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Centrl- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:48:28 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://centrl.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Centrl helps you connect with your friends easily.
See where they are and communicate with them for free (no text messaging or SMS charges).
Share and discover events, favorite places and special money saving deals around you.
You can login to Centrl from your existing social-network, you do not need a new Centrl account.
Login to Centrl from Facebook, MySpace, Hi5, Ning, Orkut, Bebo or Friendster.
Centrl is also integrated with Twitter.

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Citysense- Location Based Social Network S.F.

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:28:24 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.citysense.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Citysense was built to show you where the action is, right now.
Using a billion points of GPS and WiFi positioning data from the last few years – plus real-time feeds – Citysense sees S.F. from above and puts the top live hotspots in your hand. You don’t even need to sign up, just go to citysense.com on your BlackBerry, download, and open.

How does Citysense work?
Citysense is an application that operates on the Sense Networks Macrosense platform, which analyzes massive amounts of aggregate, anonymous location data in real-time. Macrosense is already being used by business people for things like selecting store locations and understanding retail demand. But we asked ourselves: with all this real-time data, what else could we do for a city? Nightlife enhancement was the obvious answer. This release is just a test, and we’re interested in your feedback on how to make the application better. You’ll find a feedback button in Citysense….”

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ComeTogethr- Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-24 15:12:32 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.cometogethr.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… cometogethr is a location-based social networking application that lets you join and create groups of people with mutual interests, view their location on the map, contact or meet them and share content.
No more constantly updating your buddy list, every new member of your groups is instantly displayed on the map both on mobile device and website.
The system consists of a GPS-enabled mobile phone or a mobile phone with an external Bluetooth GPS receiver, an installed cometogethr application, a website with a map client and backend servers…”

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Dodgeball – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2009-01-24 21:59:10 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.dodgeball.com

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Excerpt from the website :

“…  What is it?  dodgeball.com is a new social networking site built specifically for mobile phones.

What does it do? Give me an example. The idea is simple: tell us where you are and we’ll tell you who and what is around you.We’ll ping your friends with your whereabouts, let you know when friends-of-friends are within 10 blocks, allow you to broadcast content to anyone within 10 blocks of you or blast messages to your groups of friends.For example, you’re having drinks at Ace Bar. Send a text message to 36343 (“dodge”) with the message “@Ace Bar” and we’ll send out a text message telling all your friends where you are AND send you back a message letting you know if any friends-of-friends are within 10 blocks. If you have a camera phone, we’ll even send you their picture.

How is this different from other social networking sites?
dodgeball is designed to help you meet up with friends and friends-of-friends while you’re out, not while you’re sitting in front of your computer. Try it out, next time you meet a friend for drinks… tell us where you are and we’ll let all your friends know of your whereabouts and alert you if…”

UPDATE: To be shut down

Excerpt from the website : “… Hey guys, as some of you have probably already read, Google has decided to shut down dodgeball. I know this is kind of a bummer, but the site has been in maintenance mode for a while now, and it’s just time to shut it down for good. …”

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Dopplr – Social Networking for frequent business travelers.

Last modified on 2009-01-03 16:20:51 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.dopplr.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Dopplr is an online service for frequent travelers. It lets you share your future travel plans with a group of trusted fellow travelers that you have chosen. It also reminds you of friends and colleagues who live in the cities you’re planning to visit. You can use the service with your personal computer and mobile phone…”

Note: FUTURE LBSN are based on your plans rather in your current location

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Duzine – location based social-networking components

Last modified on 2008-12-24 01:31:16 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.duzine.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Beacon enables users to track, map, and share locations using their mobile device. We offer a selection of location based social-networking components that can be customized for specific vertical markets. The entire suite is available for private labeling and integration with your application…”

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EagleTweet – Location Based Social Network app for Twitter

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:47:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://eagletweet.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “..What is EagleTweet?
EagleTweet is a bridge between FireEagle and Twitter. Depending on your settings it will set your Twitter location or even twitters your location.
How does EagleTweet work?
Every couple of minutes we’ll check FireEagle and if you’ve moved since the last time we saw you, we’ll update your Twitter location field.
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Findbyclick – Location Based Social Network map sharing

Last modified on 2009-01-24 22:23:10 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.findbyclick.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… We want to build a community of people interested in sharing location-based information for the mutual benefit of all. For others, it is a way to share memorable places: a great place to eat, a hot vacation destination, or a special place to watch the sunset. FindbyClick is a place where you get to tell the story…. “

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findme – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:09:36 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://electricpocket.com/findme/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Use your BlackBerry, S60 or Windows Mobile Smartphone to tag where you are and share it with your Facebook friends…

imageYou are in complete control of what your friends see – “At home”, “In the Office”, “Playing Soccer”, “Walking the dog”, etc. If you haven’t named a place your position will just show up as “Unknown” – and you can always “Go Dark” if you dont want to be seen.

If you want, you can add additional location information like zip or post code to a favourite place so FindMe can show your friends a map or directions to where you are. Great for organising impromptu parties or raves :) …”

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Flaik- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:46:55 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.flaik.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…flaik combines location-based services with social networking, real-time competitions and mobile applications in a revolutionary system that can pinpoint the location of individual skiers, deliver run by run and day by day statistics, and enable skiers to share their day with friends and families – as it happens.

On the 26th November, flaik launched at Steamboat Ski Resort and Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, USA.

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Footprint History- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 14:09:32 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.footprinthistory.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Footprint History is a great way to track, share locations and communicate with your friends.

Start using our free service by following these steps…

* Create an account – Either create an normal account and find your friends, or add the application to your facebook profile.
* Leave some footprints – Either by clicking on the map and setting your location or using live tracking software on your mobile device.
* Start sharing your Footprints – Only you and the friends you share with, will be able to see your Footprints and track you.
Footprint History is available through Facebook…

UPDATE: May 2009 – Looking for funding / for Sale

I notice a few weeks ago (April/2009) a header stating “For Sale”. I tried to contact the company to learn more about their application and offer my help. Haven’t heard from them. Since then the title changed to “Looking for funding” but since that includes a buying outright is the same. STILL OPERATIONAL and works very nice in Facebook.

FROM THEIR BLOG “… We’re looking for funding to take the application to the next level and will consider all offers on the table including buying outright.If you are interested in learning more please contact…”

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FourSquare – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:46:32 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://playfoursquare.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Welcome to foursquare!

We’re all about helping you find new ways to explore the city.

We’ll help you meet up with your friends and let you earn points and unlock badges for discovering new places, doing new things and meeting new people
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Foyaje – Location Based Social Network app for iPhone

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:48:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://i.foyage.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Foyage is an iPhone app that lets you discover local information and share it with others. Let Foyage know your location and you can network with people who are in the same location, finding the best restaurant recommended by your friends, get the best deal around you and be informed when your loved ones are nearby. …”

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Fraced- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-24 22:14:23 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.fraced.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Fraced is a social network, which offers an easy way to stay simply connected with your friends. We don’t offer 100 various features, but instead we let the user stay focused on the main thing – communication with friends. Here is how… “

UPDATE: Development stopped due lack of funding

Excerpt from the website : “… We regret to inform we are not able to support and develop Fraced social network any further. Since we do not get any financial support, our personal contributions are not enough or too small to constantly deliver you a qualitative, reliable and entertaining service…”

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Friend Mapper – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-10-23 18:44:29 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.amigomapper.com

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Excerpt from the website :
Friend Mapper brings you the technology to share your live location with your friends. When someone is awaiting your arrival, the touch of a button is all he or she will need to track your progress! A marker representing you will be presented on a map, moving as you move!.

Add and remove friends as often as you like. Choose whether you want to show your location to your friends or to remain hidden!….

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Friends Around – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 22:12:26 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Friends AroundURL: http://friendsaround.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…A mobile app for interacting with friends 24/7 across social networks without being tied to a computer.
FEATURES
Replaces text messaging with free group chat for easy interaction with multiple friends
Open profiles for full access and no limits on who you can meet
Earn rewards for active participation that elevates your social standing within the community….”

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Friends on Fire – Location Based Social Network app for Facebook

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:47:15 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://apps.facebook.com/on-fire/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Friends on Fire for Facebook helps you keep up with your friends, wherever you are! See your friends locations, share your own and send short messages, invitations and tips about the world around you. You can update your location using any Fire Eagle updater, and any time you update your location on Facebook, it will update all your other Fire Eagle apps automatically…”

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Geo-Me – LBSN – Explore Share Connect

Last modified on 2008-12-26 17:41:45 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.geo-me.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Our vision is to provide our members with their choice of information on what is happening in their neighborhood as well as the choice to let others know where they are. This way everyone can shape the urban map of their city and share their views on their favourite places with their friends or the entire community –the choice is theirs!…”

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GeoSpot – Search and Explore local places

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:09:53 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.geospot.com/gs/Home

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Excerpt from the website : “… Welcome to GeoSpot, Inc., the leading provider of a new generation of location-based information technology that is made available to millions of users for search and exploration and supports real-time updates of information at geographical points.

Our system treats all content without a bias, including highways, hiking trails, bus stations, city boundaries, parks, buildings, trees, businesses, restaurants, food menus, events, gas prices, operating hours, payment transactions, reviews, forums, category data, and people. Everything can be related for an unprecedented representation of everyday information in our world.

GeoSpot has launched a beta destination website for consumers to conduct powerful and deep location- and map-based search of businesses. Users can search not only for specific brands and locations but also operating hours (open/close), services, events, and products….”

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GeoUpdater – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:10:13 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://linuxinside.org/geoupdater/

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Excerpt from the website : “… GeoUpdater reads location data from your Fire Eagle account as you move and automatically push status updates to various social sites (e.g.Facebook,…) using the respective APIs. A georss feed generator for blogs and FriendFeed integration is under development. …”

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Glympse – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-06-02 19:36:12 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.glympse.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Why Glympse

Think about it: How often do you share information about your location with friends, family or colleagues each day? Where are you? When will you be home? I’m running 15 minutes late for the meeting. Let’s meet at the restaurant at 6 p.m. With Glympse, you no longer need to make a phone call or send a text to communicate common location-based information. Designed to keep up with an increasingly mobile lifestyle, Glympse visually answers the question of “Where are you?” with a dynamic map that updates your whereabouts in real-time.

You can now “glympse”" anyone in your contact list and share your location as easily as sending a text message, but a lot more fun. Recipients know exactly where you are, when and for as long as you want them to. In short, Glympse is simple, safe location sharing — in an instant….

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Google Latitude – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:28:47 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

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Excerpt from the website : “…With Google Latitude, you can:

* See where your friends are and what they are up to
* Quickly contact them with SMS, IM, or a phone call
* Control what your location is and who gets to see it

Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, PC, or both.
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Gowalla – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-10-23 19:09:11 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

gowallaURL: http://gowalla.com/

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Excerpt from the website :
“… Share your experiences and discover new places. Everywhere you go

Share your experiences through Gowalla with your Facebook & Twitter friends

Stamp your passport and earn rewards at the places that you visit

Discover and create locations anywhere in the world with your iPhone

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gpsME- Share your travels

Last modified on 2009-10-23 18:56:47 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://gpsme.cc/gpsme.html

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Excerpt from the website :
“… 1- gpsME gets your location using GPS automatically
2 – You add photos or text (if you want)
3 – Then share it with your friends over Twitter, SMS and email in just a few touches…”

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Grindr – Location Based Social Network for gay, bi, and curious men

Last modified on 2009-11-12 19:00:01 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://grindr.com

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Meet Guys Near You  With Grindr.

Meet men at home or on the road for free with Grindr for iPhone. No strings attached. Start chatting with
local guys in seconds!
The go-to place for gay, bi, and curious men to meet, the location-based Grindr is FREE, FAST, and FUN. It uses GPS technology in your The go-to place for gay, bi, and curious men to meet, the location-based Grindr is FREE, FAST, and FUN. It uses GPS technology in your iPhone and WiFi in iPod Touch to determine your exact location and instantly connect you with guys in your area…”

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Groovr – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:28:56 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.Groovr.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…groovr is based in Los Angeles, California and was created in an effort to keep a group of friends connected while out hitting LA hotspots. The groovr goal is to help people stay connected, not just online, but out in life too. We want our users to move seamlessly from laptop to mobile phone to meeting new friends in new places...”

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GyPSii – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:37:58 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.GyPSii.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… GyPSii connects people and content to places and networks, from work to play to home, allowing you to share your real life experiences in the virtual world, using mobile devices, the web and Internet connected devices.

GyPSii enables you to social network, capture, edit and share your user generated content and places. You can explore location based content, services and points of interest, find people, your friends and content in your select communities, connect your experiences, locate and map your friends and places.

Build an electronic diary of people, your friends, your places, their places with full location context & maps to be shared and viewed with family, friends, business colleagues and communities…”

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iCloseBy- Location Based Social Network – iPhone application

Last modified on 2009-01-24 22:41:47 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.icloseby.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
Walk by any hotspot and your iFob will light up if there are other iFob users inside. Sit down in any hotspot, and iFob will become your beacon, sending out a local signal which says you might want company. Or set your copy of iFob so it just listens, showing you the other iFob users while letting you chose whom you might want to chat with.
BROADCAST YOUR PROFILE »

With iFob there are no requirements and no logins. You change your profile instantly, as often as you want…. “

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iPling- Location Based Social Expansion Engine

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:39 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.iPling.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…iPling is a location based expansion engine that allows you to discover and communicate with people that share your interests. As an engine powers a car to a destination, iPling powers your social expansion in any direction you choose. You can use iPling to search for those that share your background, music tastes, passion for blogging or anything else you can dream up…”

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Ipoki – Location Based Social Networking with interface in Facebook

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:10:47 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.ipoki.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…

1. What is Ipoki?
Ipoki lets you share your current location with others in real-time. Also, you can see where your friends are and track them on Google Maps and Google Earth. Ipoki lets you keep track of your routes and use it to geolocate photos in flickr automatically. Invite your friends to see where you are and find and follow them across the world. Feel free to sign up. It’s free.
2. Do I need a GPS to use Ipoki?
No. You can use Ipoki just using the Web. Just sign in to update your current location in a easy way. But the most amazing feature of Ipoki is to share your location in real-time. To do that, you have to install in your mobile device the Ipoki Plugin….”

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IRL- Location Based Social Networking – integrated with MySpace and Facebook

Last modified on 2008-12-22 20:50:19 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

URL: http://corp.irlconnect.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Our product: IRL Connect

With our product IRL Connect we link virtual information and social context to physical space. By doing so, we create a social layer of the world. In practice this means that we take the user’s friends from their online social networks, show them on the map and support interaction….. “

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Jentro – Social Networking Suite

Last modified on 2008-12-24 02:02:48 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.jentro.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Jentro has a portfolio of world-class applications serving a broad array of horizontal and vertical markets. With our collaborative consultative approach, our experienced design team will work with you understand your business goals and objectives, design and recommend appropriate applications. Throughout this process, you will have access to the wealth of knowledge available from our extensive library of existing applications…”

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Junaio – Location Based Social Network with Augmented Reality

Last modified on 2009-11-12 19:42:14 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.junaio.com/

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“…junaio is a mobile and online augmented reality platform that allows you to create, explore and share information in a completely new way. You will be able to see any kind of location-based content – images, websites or notes – on your personal junaio homepage and through the display of your mobile phone. junaio is bringing the Internet to the real world around you… Now…”

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LightPole – Location Based Social Networking – Local Recommendations

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:11:05 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.lightpole.net

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Excerpt from the website : “… Get the most out of wherever you are. LightPole brings the knowledge of place to your mobile phone. Get real-time, geo-specific content about restaurants, shows, local history, and much more. Make annotations, record Points of Interest, make your own recommendations, and alert friends. Tap into blogs and local news in real time. LightPole illuminates the here and now….”

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Limbo – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:11:22 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.limbo.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Limbo is one the world’s largest, fastest growing mobile social networks where people share the places they go and the things they do. In Limbo, members broadcast their location, locate bars, clubs or restaurants, and coordinate their friends with group text. All tools and services are free to members thanks to the support of interactive, highly targeted, location-based mobile advertisements.

Limbo is freeing social networkers from computer-dependence with a network that goes where you go – to a party, class, a restaurant or concert. Limbo lets you share the things you’re doing right from your phone, so friends can connect on the go and no one misses their chance to join in. Members can search for friends by what they’re doing, degree of friendship, or distance away, and can find points of interest nearby. Maps make it easy to see exactly where someone is, and activities make it possible to search for people doing what you want to do too. Limbo works for every mobile phone user, regardless of phone type or carrier…..”

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Locaccino – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:47:02 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://locaccino.org/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Welcome to Locaccino. Our location-centered social application allows you to share your location with your friends. Whether they are checking to see if your flight landed safely, planning a Friday night outing, or just wondering if you are in the office to grab coffee, Locaccino is there to help you share!
Our Facebook Application
Get started by clicking Join Now to add our Facebook Application!
Privacy Controls
Locaccino is the only location-sharing system that gives you precision control over who can see your location. While most location-based systems only allow you to list which of your contacts should or shouldn’t be able to see your location, our privacy settings allow you to create rules as simple or complex as you want them to be!
Our technology allows you to easily define the times when you want to share your locations. Locaccino lets you create groups for your friends to simplify your location preferences. With Locaccino, allowing your co-workers to see your location from 8AM – 5PM is a snap.
Locaccino also allows you to specify where you can be located. Using a Google maps interface, you can define regions where you do and don’t want other people to be able to find you.
Locaccino Location Sensing
Our software will sense your location without even requiring GPS! By leveraging the wifi network of Skyhook Wireless, a nearby location will be found for you. The Locaccino software you’ll download will do all the work.
We Protect Your Privacy
We are the only location-based system with privacy researchers actively working to make sure that your data is kept safe. Our Privacy Policy explains in detail exactly how we store and process all of your data. We want you to know that your location information is saved anonymously and we will never sell any of your personal data.
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Locatik – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2008-12-31 00:54:44 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.locatik.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Welcome to Locatik!
Locatik is a mobile service telling you where your friends are and what they are up to.
Locatik is a communications tool and service, it allows you to share your thoughts and whereabouts with your friends and the world.
Locatik can be used via different channels, they will more or less have the same end effect…

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Locatrix – Location Based Social Networking – Development platform

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:11:49 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.locatrix.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… While social networking has transformed the web and the way we communicate online, mobile social networking provides wireless network operators with an almost unlimited opportunity to replace disappearing voice revenues with profitable, virally-marketed, personalized content services.

By seamlessly integrating location, presence, user-generated-content, a subscriber’s friends and dynamic places of interest, Locatrix mobile social networking solutions provide network operators with a proven, progressive and subscriber-attracting family of services designed to increase Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) and profit without substantial capital expenditure.

Delivered via a common framework, Locatrix mobile social networking solutions provide network operators with a roadmap of innovative value-added location services. Uandme™ provides the foundation – a best-in-class buddy finder with a fully-extensible location framework for integration into other portal or web services. PlaceSnaps™ facilitates the sharing and distribution of user-generated content in a safe, scalable environment, while our location-based mobile marketing module creates opportunities to monetize subscriber eyeballs in a secure, contextually-relevant manner….”

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LOCR- Location Based Photo Sharing

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:59 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.locr.com

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locr is a revolutionary photo sharing community. At locr, our users can not only upload their photos, they can also geotag them. We offer users from around the world to link their photos to location information. locr auto-tags images with GPS data, displays their position on digital maps and creates information concerning motif and location.

But there is more to it than that. Photos are memories of moments that you like to capture and share. They get friends and families together that are spread all over the world. Everyone should therefore be able to share their favorite images with other…”

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Locle – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:37:21 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.locle.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Location based social networking. Sweet!

Locle is a new mobile phone application that lets users see where their friends and family are without the need for GPS. Wherever you are, always find out where people are and meet them for lunch, drinks or whatever you want to do. Just make sure you don’t miss out on anything…”

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Loki- Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:12:33 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.loki.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…A product of Skyhook Wireless, Loki is a new and unique way of interacting with the Internet. For the first time, your computer can automatically incorporate its exact physical location into your Internet experience. It can also let you quickly, efficiently and automatically share your location with others…”

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loopt – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:12:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.loopt.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Loopt shows users where friends are located and what they are doing via detailed, interactive maps on their mobile phones. Loopt helps friends connect on the fly and navigate their social lives by orienting them to people, places and events. Users can also share location updates, geo-tagged photos and comments with friends in their mobile address book or on online social networks, communities and blogs. Loopt was designed with user privacy at its core and offers a variety of effective and intuitive privacy controls…”

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MAPme- Location Based Social Network map sharing

Last modified on 2009-01-24 22:28:28 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mapme.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
Create a Map of your favorite places, travels or destinations
Start a Community map where everyone can add Locations, Pics & Videos
Share your Map with your friends or the whole world… “

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Map My Tracks – Sharing Sporting activity

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:13:15 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mapmytracks.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Map My Tracks turns your mobile phone into your personal real-time GPS tracking device. Using a mobile phone with built-in GPS or an external GPS receiver you can map and track your location in real-time. Map My Tracks brings a new insight into your sporting activity, provides a competitive edge and makes training fun. Map My Tracks let your friends, competitors or parents know where you are right now.

It’s ideal for tracking activities like sailing, cycling, running, canoeing, skiing, walking, windsurfing, orienteering, mountaineering, horse riding, hang gliding, gliding, snowboarding, paragliding, hot air ballooning or just for fun to show your friends where you are right now. …”

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Match2Blue – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 03:56:54 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.match2blue.com/cms/

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Excerpt from the website : “…We at match2blue mobilize communities.
We offer an innovative interest and location based mobile social network.
Imagine …
… you are on a business trip and happen to check your phone using match2blue to be reacquainted with an old friend from college who works just around the block

…your phone informs you that the beautiful girl in the park is a fellow activist match2blue user who needs help organizing a fundraiser event.

… you are at a trade fair and with match2blue you meet the precise business partners you were looking for amongst thousands of attendees.
match2blue is a new mobile communication channel that is programmed to target feedback … in real time.

… you are the owner of a Jazz club. You send out a message to every match2blue user interested in jazz and cocktails, within a 10 miles radius, inviting them to your “2 cocktails for the price of 1” special until midnight

…you are an event promoter. You have the luxury of posting your events through match2blue, targeting those who have a high likeliness to attend

…you are the marketing manager of a well-known brand. match2blue allows you to send exclusive and targeted news to selected customers … and even ask for their feedback … in real time.
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MeetMoi- Location Based Dating

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:13:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.meetmoi.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Spontaneous Dating
meetMoi is a safe and easy dating service for meeting people near you. Here’s how it works. Update your location: Just set up your phone and create your dating profile. As you move around, meetMoi updates your location in real-time. You decide who sees your profile and what information you share.
See who’s nearby: Wherever you are, MeetMoi searches for compatible matches near your actual location. When a match is nearby, you get an alert on your phone. Open the alert to view your match’s picture and profile. Log-in to view more pictures and profiles of nearby matches.
Meet Up!:When you find someone you like, make a connection. Send an email, an instant message, or a wink. Or better yet, share your location and meet in person…”

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Meet Now Live – Location Based Social Network around New York City

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:30:08 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.meetnowlive.com

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Meet Now Live is a real-time, location based, mobile social network in and around New York City. Our members use their mobile phones to broadcast their current location as they party in the city…

… Use Meet Now Live to find bars, parties and people partying in New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Hoboken, Jersey City, The Jersey Shore AND the Hamptons. … “

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Microsoft Vine – Location Based Emergency Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:46:49 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.vine.net/default.aspx/

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Excerpt from the website : “… About Microsoft Vine Use the dashboard to know what’s happening. Information associated with the places you have chosen will appear on your map, including articles from 20,000 news and public safety sources. Information from people you care about, such as alerts and reports, will appear on the dashboard too. Send and receive alerts. Organize people into groups – the sports team you coach, people who live nearby, family far away, special friends, and emergency contacts. Each person defines how they want to receive alerts – through e-mail, a text message, or on their computer. Reach them quickly using alerts. Post reports. You decide what you want to share with whom, and then the information is sent directly to their personal dashboard. Check in safe and well to let your family know you are okay, let trusted neighbors know you’re headed out of town, keep people informed of situations that matter, or share general information like the team practice schedule for the week….”

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Mizoon – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 03:56:26 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mizoon.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Social Networking in a Social Setting mizoon is a FREE location driven social networking service.

Find your friends. Meet up with people near you. Find a restaurant or cafe, its menus and specials. Looking to shop? Locate a store down the block. Bargain hunting? Check out sales in your area.
FREE, EASY and FUN
Login to mizoon.com on your phone or computer
Choose your location, find friends, specials and sales
Discover interesting locations and events nearby!
mizoon does not require GPS or an application download-just an Internet connection.
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Mobilaris – Find your Buddy

Last modified on 2008-12-24 01:22:02 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mobilaris.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Find Your Buddy

Friends have more fun. Find your friends with your mobile without calling them. Get a notification if your best friend visits your neighborhood? Has your friends arrived to the cinema?

Find your buddy enable end-users to locate friends and other mobile users by mobile positioning. Find Your Buddy is fully compliant with applicable directives regarding privacy and therefore all users have full control of who is able to request his/her position at any given time…

Notify your new friends by sending them pictures and videos captured by your mobile phone while on the go. Share your moments!…”

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MobiLuck – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:13:51 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mobiluck.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…MobiLuck is a Friend Finder for your mobile that brings you closer to your friends. You can see where your friends are and you can tell them where you are. You can also choose to receive free SMS alerts when a friend is nearby. You’ll always know how to find each other, get in touch and meet at your favourite nearby restaurants, bars, nightclubs……”

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Mologogo- Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:36:25 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mologogo.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Mologogo is a free service that will track you and your friends using GPS-enabled mobile phones.

Use Mologogo to:

* See where you are and where you’ve been
* Find friends who are close by and chat with them
* Search for local points of interest
* Keep track of kids, employees, and vehicles
* Check real-time local traffic and weather
* Share your location info on blogs or web pages
* Post your location to Twitter
* And whatever else you dream up…”

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Moximity – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:28:48 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.moximity.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Always be in the right place at the right time with location-based offers that intersect your social network all through your mobile device…”

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My Adventures – Location Based Social Network for Outdoor Enthusiasts.

Last modified on 2009-05-26 04:06:36 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.myadventures.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…
MyAdventures.com was created to fill a huge void.

Outdoor enthusiasts want to share, socialize, and gain recognition for their adventurous deeds. And to make new friends for future adventures.

That was difficult before this social network was developed.

There are hundreds of travel sites set up to sell travel. And there are hundreds of social networks set up to support idle chatter. But there’s only one site that enables outdoor adventurers to both share their trips with current friends and to meet new friends. That site is MyAdventures.com.

The inspiration for this site stems from my lifetime of adventure and world travel and all the wonderful people I have met from the Australian Aborigines to the Kalahari Bushmen and the polar-living Inuits to my fellow members in The Adventurers Club of Chicago, The Adventurers Club of Los Angeles and The Explorers Club of New York.

The motto of The Adventurers Club of Chicago fits MyAdventures.com quite well—“to provide a hearth and home for those who have left the beaten path and made for adventure”.

Helen Keller’s comment sums it all up “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing”. If you feel the same way you’re an adventurer… and I hope you’ll join this site.

My sincerest welcome
Keith Bates

Keith Bates
Managing Partner

February 1, 2009

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MyGeoDiary – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-22 20:31:13 GMT. 3 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mygeodiary.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Abaqus’ MyGeoDiary service enables users to record, annotate, semantically organize and share their geotracks with any site on the web using a wide variety of positioning devices. MyGeoDiary service connects to a growing number of web apps such as Flickr (for photo geotagging), Blogspot (for direct post to blogs) etc. The service is also available as a SaaS platform (hosted APIs & Components) for business customers to launch their own Location-based social site. For e.g. It can be used by Bicycle, ATV, Snow Mobile, Motorcycle brands to build their own online social communities…. “

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MyGeolog – Location Based Social Networking – Sharing GeoTagged photos

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:37:51 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.mygeolog.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Mygeolog is a free location aware social network, available from both mobile and web, allowing users to share photos and videos with geographical position from their mobile phones using GPS or address lookup. Connect with friends and get real-time updates on where your friends are and what they are doing, make comments on your friends photos and interact on the go. Users can also share their mobile content on other social sites such as; Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Twitter and fireeagele. Your personal content is available from your personal web-profile at mygeolog.com. Use privacy settings in order to protect your content…”

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Myrimis – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 14:53:10 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.Myrimis.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…myrimis Real-life locations on earth is the most comprehensive location-based-social-network offered today on personal computers and mobile phones.
Share your “Real-life” experiences like POIs and geotagged pictures/videos with your family-members and friends while on the move…”

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myWingman – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-10-23 18:52:07 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://getmywingman.com/

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Excerpt from the website :
“…GPS enabled social networking for your phone.
myWingMan is your digital co-pilot for meeting new people in your area with similar interests.
myWingman allows users to broadcast their profile and proximity (using GPS) to each other so you can meet a new friend or that special someone. myWingman also provides compatibility ratings based on your preferences and the profiles of people around you. Once you find someone you’d like to get to know better, you can use myWingman’s “flyover” feature to get more details about that person. Next, myWingman allows you to chat, or instant message with the other user using the “flutter” feature. What happens after that is up to you and your new friend…”

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NAV2US – A GeoCommunity for friends on the move!

Last modified on 2009-10-23 19:03:17 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

nav2usURL: http://www.nav2us.com/

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Excerpt from the website :
“… Our Community members here can:

  • Share their favourite places with real life friends
  • Get to know PORI’s reviewed by people they know well
  • Points of REAL interest
  • Get advice from friends who have been there before
  • Get to know what their friends are up to in real time
  • Data sync with other social networks
  • Travel to the very door of all those places with a GPS!

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Nowhere- Location Based Social Network – German Site

Last modified on 2009-01-03 16:36:12 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.nowhere.de/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Locate your friends with your mobile
and discover where they hang out – New! Locate yourself or others via mobile and look the site up on the map

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nulaz – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 03:56:01 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.nulaz.net/

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Excerpt from the website : “…With Nulaz you can see where your friends are, share locations, and view local info. A cool party or the newest movie: Nulaz tells you what’s happening!…

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Wizzper by Ovalpath – Corporate Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 22:13:23 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

WizzperURL: http://www.ovalpath.com/ovalpath/index.html/

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Excerpt from the website :
Wizzpers by Ovalpath is an innovative social communications platform. Wizzpers helps organizations engage customers and employees in ways never before possible. Social interactions between customers are taking place beyond corporate walls and it is imperative for organizations to have a voice in these conversations…”

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Plazes – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:41:01 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.Plazes.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
* The Plazer is your autopilot for Plazes It conveniently checks you in and keeps you updated on your contacts’ whereabouts directly on your desktop.
* You don’t need a fancy phone to use Plazes on your mobile. Simply text your location and we will plaze you there!
* Plazes works with the services that you love to use. Update your location on Facebook, Fire Eagle and on your blog widget…

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Pocket Life- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-25 13:20:06 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.pocketlife.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
Pocket Life puts your Social Life on the Map
Pocket Life let’s you communicate with your friends, share your location, favourite places and photos via the web or from your mobile phone
* Share your location: Let people know where you are and find your friends to meet up
* Complete privacy:Be in full control of when and who you share your location with
* Find and share:Discover the best places nearby and share your favourites
* Keep in touch:Have your contacts’ latest information, send photos and messages …. “

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Pownce – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 13:52:38 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://pownce.com/

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UPDATE: Shut Down in December 2008

Excerpt from the website : “… Pownce was closed down on December 15, 2008. The engineering team and technology are now a part of Six Apart, makers of the best blogging tools around.
Thank-you

We want to give our heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated on Pownce. We all got to meet and know so many wonderful people through Pownce and we’ll dearly miss sharing stuff together in the future. Hopefully we can all stay in touch through other means and keep these friendships alive.

Thanks to all of you,
The Pownce Crew…

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Quiro – Location Based Social Network based in Germany

Last modified on 2009-05-05 16:27:21 GMT. 2 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.myqiro.de

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Excerpt from the website : “… Qiro, the essential helper in your everyday mobile life

Where can you meet up and what fun things can you do together? Where can you meet up and what fun things can you do together? Just ask, Qiro can tell you about more than 1 mio interesting places and things to do. Just ask, Qiro can tell you about more than 1 million interesting places and things to do. With just a few clicks you can find restaurants, cinemas with the current movies schedule, exciting events and much more. With just a few clicks you can find restaurants, cinemas with the current schedule movies, exciting events and much more. If you’re away on business, Qiro shows you different traffic alternatives (rent-bikes, train stations, etc.), where the next ATM is, hotels or even the next wifi hotspots to surf the internet or download information. If you’re away on business, Qiro shows you different traffic alternatives (rent bikes, train stations, etc.), where is the next ATM, hotels or even the next wifi hotspots to surf the internet or download information. … “

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Rally Up – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 22:05:23 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

Rally UpURL: http://www.getupandrally.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Rally Up is the social network that emphasizes privacy and cuts out noise.
Rally Up is a new kind of social network for your Real Friends – the people that actually should know your location (spouse, family, close friends, etc.)
Rally Up combines private microblogging with location, allowing users to share text, photos and direct message each other.
Rally Up allows you to check in to the places you go. Every time you check in, your real friends are notified….”

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Rummble – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:01:55 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.Rummble.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalized results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network.

We’ve chosen to build our first service around location based content:

* Discover content for any location (e.g. cool bars, local knowledge and the secret hangouts)
* Give friends automatic warning when you will be in their area
* Share location based content – reviews, photos, videos and blogs
* Explore with Rummble on your mobile or on the web
* Meet new people nearby
* Publish your Rummbles and your location to Facebook and other social software

It works anywhere – you can use it at home or on the move via your mobile.

Rummble works globally and has been in closed Beta since September 2007. In April 2008 the Rummble service went into limited open Beta.”

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Shizzow – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:11:06 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.shizzow.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Shizzow is a location-based social web service that we built with the goal of helping you build quality relationships through face-to-face interaction. Shizzow provides the technology for you to notify your friends of your location, with as little effort as possible, so you can spend more time hanging out with your peeps and less time trying to coordinate bringing them together through phone, email, SMS and IM …”

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Skobbler – Location Based Social Network – German Site

Last modified on 2009-01-03 16:42:16 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://beta.skobbler.de/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Ob im Web oder unterwegs: mit skobbler findest Du immer die richtige Location. Hast Du Dich erstmal entschieden, führt die Handy-Navigation Dich zum Ziel.
Im Web findest Du nicht nur Bewertungen zu Clubs, Restaurants oder Bars – hier kannst Du Deine Entdeckungen auch gleich mit Deinen Freunden teilen.

Skobbler is a Germany based LBSN – allows you mobile phones navigation, find frends and Points of Interest.

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Skout – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:21:25 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.us.skout.com

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Excerpt from the website : “… Because friendship is most likely around the corner
SKOUT is the social tool that connects you to others who are looking for friendship right now! Notify your new friends by posting mobile pictures, video, or chat. Do it on the go!

Find tens of thousands of people looking to meet up and connect with you. Many only blocks away.
Engage others in conversations at your computer or on-demand with your mobile. Get started chatting seconds after joining.

Notify your new friends by sending them pictures and videos captured by your mobile phone while on the go. Share your moments!…”

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Snikkr – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-05-26 04:01:10 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www2.snikkr.net/

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Excerpt from the website : “… Snikkr 1.0 is the next-generation social productivity tool for smart-phones. It brings together social networking, productivity and location-based services on your mobile phone, in one easy-to-use, low-cost package.

Snikkr provides great location-based services on your mobile device: mapping, directions, and local search. Snikkr knows where you are, and can help you get where you are going with just a few clicks.

Unlike other location-based application Snikkr lets you do a lot of this without a lot of typing or re-typing….

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Socialight – Location Based Social Network – Discover Places, Sharing experiences

Last modified on 2008-12-26 15:34:52 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://socialight.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…What is Socialight?
Socialight lets you discover right here, right now information about places all around you. Simple.

The Sticky Note
The basic building block of Socialight is the Sticky Note- similar to a yellow Post-it note that you find at the office, except that it can contain text, images, audio and even video! Sticky Notes can be stuck to any location in the world and you can choose who can see yours…

Socialight Mobile
The best part about Socialight is using it on your cell phone. This lets you discover all kinds of things that are actually near to you! You can also make comments and rate the things you find as well as stick your own notes.
We can also notify you about the things that interest you so you never walk past something cool again!
You will never get spam because you control exactly what we send you!…”

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Sniff – Social Network Integrated Friend Finder

Last modified on 2008-12-24 15:10:45 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.useful-networks.com/site/products/community/

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Excerpt from the website : “…sniff lets you instantly locate your friends in real-time, anytime, anyplace, using your mobile phone. Putting security and safety first, sniff also gives you total control over your privacy and how you share your location with others. What’s more, sniff integrates with Facebook and the world’s leading social networks. …”

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Sparrow – Location Based updater for iPhone

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:19:19 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://clickontyler.com/sparrow/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Sparrow is the simplest way to update your location on iPhone. With one tap, you can tell Fire Eagle and Twitter exactly where you are. No other iPhone app does so little, so well. Check-in with Sparrow, and get on with your life….”

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Spot Adventures – Satellite Based Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-25 18:52:40 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.spotadventures.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
SHARE YOUR ADVENTURE NOW
record record record

* Track and share your adventures with family and friends – or with the entire world
* Search adventures and plan your next destination
* Meet other interesting adventurers
* Add cool map widgets to your blog or website
* Automatically GeoTag your photos using GPS

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Spotjots – Social Blogging with Latitude

Last modified on 2008-12-24 02:19:17 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.spotjots.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “…Easily share your life as it happens, where it happens.
Let your friends and family experience and follow your life… as it happens. Share what you’re doing from the web, or capture your experiences in real-time using your phone. Social, in a spatial way…”

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Stalqer- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-11-11 22:30:22 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.stalqer.com/

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Excerpt from the website : NONE

Note: This Social Network was in Alfa mode – is waiting approval of Apple to run in the Iphone. From different websites comments, seems it implements some Augmented Reality component. Let’s see when it comes to the market.

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The Grid – Location Based Social Networking in South Africa

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:32:46 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.thegrid.co.za/

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Excerpt from the website : “… South African Social Network based on Cellphones “see friends on a map find great locations in your area and chat to friends from your phone…”

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TOAI- Location Based Social Network (in Portuguese)

Last modified on 2009-05-26 04:11:20 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: https://www.toai.com.br/Default.aspx

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Excerpt from the website : “…O que é o Toaí?

É a primeira rede social que integra Internet e celular com o objetivo de reunir amigos através de uma mensagem. Ele estende a sua rede social da Internet para o celular, do virtual para o real.

Qual o custo de usar o Toaí?

O cadastro e acesso ao site é gratuito.

As mensagens do celular são cobradas: as operadoras cobram o valor quando você ou seus amigos recebem uma mensagem SMS (R$ 0,31 + impostos). O envio não é cobrado.

Para controlar o recebimento e com isso o custo, você tem vários recursos no site definindo de quem receber, quando quer receber e quanto você quer gastar com o serviço. …

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Tooio – Location Based Social Network – In Spanish

Last modified on 2009-10-23 18:57:05 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://tooio.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Recibe cupones descuento Consigue tus ofertas personalizadas: 2×1, Gratis, -30%

Localiza a tus amigos Conoce dónde están tus amigos y queda con ellos

Guarda tus lugares preferidos Comparte los restaurantes, bares… que más te gustan con tus contactos

Descubre eventos Únete a las fiestas, reuniones y quedadas organizadas por tus amigos

Envía mensajes y SMS gratis Comunícate con tus amigos estén donde estén…”


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TownKings and TownQueens – European LBSN German and English

Last modified on 2008-12-23 03:16:51 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.townkings.de/start/index.html (in German)
URL: http://www.townqueens.com/start/queens_en.html (in English)

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Excerpt from the website : “…TownQueens is the network which connects you with others!
Organize your free time with your friends! Who is where today? Who has time today? And what’s up in your favorite club on the weekend? Sign in and reexperience your surrounding area!… “

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Trackut – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:18 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.trackut.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Trackut is a New Innovative Concept in Social Networking.

With Trackut you can not only keep in touch with your friends but you can actually track them on the map. You have always wanted to meet one of your friend who has been tough to catch. With Trackut you can be alerted if he comes to your locality.

The communities and groups now can have physical location details associated with it. You were a member of the Coffee Day community but you always wondered where is the nearest coffee day near you. Trackut can help you find it as the community would have location details in addition to the normal chit chat. And the best thing about this is that you can do all this in your mobile phone in addition to the normal web interface.
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Trapster – Location Based Speed Trap Sharing

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:50 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.trapster.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
Trapster® users share the location of police speed traps by simply clicking their mobile phones. It uses your phone’s GPS and Internet to alert you as you approach reported traps…”

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Tripit- FUTURE Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-03 16:28:34 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.tripit.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… TripIt is a personal travel assistant that automatically organizes all your travel plans. TripIt is free and makes it easy to…


* Quickly organize all your travel plans — flights, lodging, cars, trains, cruises and more
* Automatically get itineraries with all your plans, weather, maps, restaurants and more
* Easily access your itineraries via paper, email, personal calendar or mobile device
* Share your trips and see where you overlap with friends and colleagues

Note: FUTURE LBSN are based on your plans rather in your current location

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Troovy – Location Based Social Network Vancouver

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:48:22 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://troovy.com/bc/vancouver/

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Excerpt from the website : “..What’s it all mean? Troovy is about finding businesses and services in your neighborhood and sharing your experience with others. It’s about deepening that connection by ‘checking in’ to these places on troovy when you’re actually there (or not). It’s about connecting with other people whose preferences and tastes match up with your own — hey, who knows what can grow from there?
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Toodalu – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 21:50:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

WazeURL: http://www.toodalu.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Want to know where your friends are on a Friday night? What’s the most popular bar in my city, this very second? Is an old friend from out of town at the bar next door and I don’t even know it?
Toodalu creates a real time map on our website and iPhone app to let you and your friends find each other when you’re going out or just hanging out. You are always in control of your posted location, as well as which friends get to see where you are. No need to call or text a bunch of friends, just one quick ‘toodal’ and you’re ready to go!…”

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Tonchidot – Social Augmented Reality LBS

Last modified on 2010-05-31 21:55:37 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

WazeURL: http://www.tonchidot.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Our client-side software and web service enable camera-equipped mobile devices (such as iPhones, Android “Google Phones”, and other smart-phones) to access informational and entertainment services by creating a “Clickable World” via the use of Augmented Reality (AR) hyper-tags.
These user-clickable tags, which we call “AirTags”, are location-based and mapped in the real world. These AirTags can be seen and accessed through the camera view of mobile devices with Sekai Camera software. …”

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Tweetsii- Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 18:24:54 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

WazeURL: http://www.tweetsii.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Your World in Real TIme
Tweetsii is a radical new way to use social media on your mobile that breaks down the barrier between the real world and digital world: it’s about being active, having fun, and connecting with interesting people and places….”

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Twibble – Location Based Social Network app for Twitter

Last modified on 2009-05-09 00:47:55 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.twibble.de/

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Excerpt from the website : “..Say hello to twibble.
twitter is a great service to stay connected with your friends. With twibble you can tell your friends what are you doing, and where you are! Even with GPS on a Blackberry Curve 8330 or Symbian phone like the Nokia E71 or N95. Register with twitter, download twibble and start twibbling!

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Twinkle – Twitter and Location Based Social Network for iPhone

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:28:35 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://tapulous.com/twinkle

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Excerpt from the website : “…Twinkle, Twinkle Little App, Posting Tweets Is Now A Snap

Discover, connect, and send messages to people nearby. Upload photos and update your Twitter account. Contact old friends and make new ones, all with Twinkle, the location-aware network for the iPhone and iPod Touch…”

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Twittelator – Location Based updater for Twitter on iPhone

Last modified on 2009-01-25 20:00:37 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.stone.com/Twittelator/index.html

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Excerpt from the website : “…
Twittelator Pro complete iPhone twitter client by the creative folks of Big Stone Phone Company

Twittelator Pro is a new application for your iPhone that you can download from the App Store on your iPhone and begin following people and posting Twitters & photos.

And if you are in an emergency, simply click the Emergency icon to create a Tweet with a map of your current location!”…

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Unype – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-23 03:24:30 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://unype.com/

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Note: The site will launch mobile applications in Q1 2009

Excerpt from the website : “…Unype is a multi-user mirror-world for sharing your locations, photos, videos and models and for playing games inside Google Earth and Google Maps, with all social networks as entry points…. “

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Vicinitymatch – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2010-05-31 18:19:29 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

VicinitymatchURL: http://www.vicinitymatch.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
Vicinity Match application helps users find a match between them and other people nearby.
Use Vicinity Match to find your ideal dating partner or a new friend!
Once the application is downloaded, you answer a total of 7 questions about yourself and your ideal match. You then register the application to activate it’s full features. Once the application is successfully registered, the application will notify you when matches are found. You then have the ability to exchange messages anonymously, with your match.

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Waze – Location Based Social Navigation

Last modified on 2010-05-31 18:20:10 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

WazeURL: http://www.waze.com//

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Excerpt from the website :
“…Waze is a social mobile application providing free turn-by-turn navigation based on the live conditions of the road. 100% powered by users, the more you drive, the better it gets. Join the community of drivers in your area today!…”

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weNear – Location Based Social Network – mobile framework

Last modified on 2009-01-25 19:06:58 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.wenear.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…
weNear is a location aware mobile application that will keep you connected to all your favorite people and stuff when they get nearby.
weNear delivers your messages to nearby people. weNear lets you grasp opportunities once they are nearby
weNear has a server with robust API that enables developers to create a variety of location aware applications.

Get Involved and start building your own applications using weNear”

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Where – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:41:26 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.where.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…WHERE™ is a location-based application chock-full of widgets that deliver essential information about what’s around you. Are you looking for the hottest restaurants, jonesing for your next coffee fix, or running dangerously low on gas and need a cheap fill-up? Maybe you just want to connect with some friends. Whatever you’re after, WHERE delivers the best in local information from Eventful, Yelp, GasBuddy, Zipcar, ShopLocal, Starbucks, Buddy Beacon® and more.

See your places on a map, get directions and share locations with friends. With WHERE you’re never out of reach… or out of touch… “

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Wereis Everyone – Location Based Social Network – Telstra customers

Last modified on 2009-03-19 00:29:27 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.whereis.com/everyone

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Excerpt from the website : “…Whereis Everyone lets you find where your friends, colleagues and family members are. They just need to have a Telstra mobile phone with them because that’s how we find their location. Of course it’s possible they may not be carrying their phone, so you need to keep that in mind….”

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whereyougonnabe – FUTURE Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-03 16:29:28 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.whereyougonnabe.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… whereyougonnabe is a service which helps you meet your friends more often. You tell us where and when you will be doing things in the future (where you gonna be?), and can see when your friends will be close to you. It’s a great way of keeping up with what your friends are doing too. You can view information on maps in very flexible ways, both in a browser and using Google Earth. …

Note: FUTURE LBSN are based on your plans rather in your current location

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Whrrl – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-20 17:48:28 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.whrrl.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…Whrrl leverages your social network and mobile location awareness to enable personalized discovery for the real world. Whrrl shows you not just where your friends are right now and what they’re doing, but where they have been. In effect, your friends (along with a powerful recommendation engine) light up your map with their experiences so you can discover cool places, events and even new people that you might otherwise have missed. You can use Whrrl on a web browser, via SMS, or as an application on your mobile phone… “

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Zhiing – Location Based Social Network

Last modified on 2009-01-02 03:57:01 GMT. 1 comment. Top.

URL: http://www.zhiing.com/

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Excerpt from the website : “… The fastest way to locate people or places when you’re on the go!
zhiing connects people-to-people, people-to-places and people-to-services with dynamic maps and turn-by-turn driving directions.
No need to be a member of a cumbersome social navigation network. With zhiing you can send directions to anyone, anytime, over any network without a hassle. …

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Zintin – Location Based Social Networking

Last modified on 2008-12-22 21:21:59 GMT. 0 comments. Top.

URL: http://www.zintin.com

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Excerpt from the website : “…zintin is a young start-up in the mobile phone apps space based in Silicon Valley. We are building an application for mobile phones which allows you to connect in new ways to your friends and the people around you.

Our team is made up of three Stanford computer science grad students. Harry Robertson specializes in algorithms and artificial intelligence. Indrajit “Indy” Khare specializes in gui design and user interaction. John Jersin specializes in networking, security and distributed systems…. “

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Final notes – Location Based Social Networks – THE LIST

Last modified on 2008-12-26 16:57:17 GMT. 18 comments. Top.

So as I mentioned in my original post regarding Location Based Social Networks, the general impression I had after putting all of them together in one page is that many of the LBSN are “me too” applications, and at this point I can’t pinpoint one that present a marketing message with a unique offer, a distinctive value proposition or main differentiators from the others. I included standalone sites, and applications that complement as add-on Social Networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Flicker, YouTube, etc.

The directory is provided as “info only” without recommendations or endorsements. I’ll appreciate though, if you can review the list, and leave your comments.

PLEASE share / digg / quote / and ping back!

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