by John Jorgensen on November 12, 2008
- Loopt is reported to have been valuated at $500 million by investment bank Allen & Co.
- Loopt has hired Allen & Co., either for a sale or to raise another round of funding. Best guess points to the latter.
- The company has raised $13.3 million to date.
- Once the big social networks (MySpace & Facebook) decide to get into Loopt’s location-based social space, will they develop the technology in-house, or is Loopt an acquisition target down the road? They’re clearly doing something right.
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by David Heyerman on November 3, 2008
- Read the 7 bullet points above, and you’ll see that new beta service, VoxOx, may be worth a further look.
- The service, which hopes to be a direct competitor to Skype, was launched by startup, TelCentris, out of San Diego.
- VoxOx is supported by Mac and Window, with Ubuntu and mobile support coming soon.
Do VoxOx’s non-VOIP based services offer enough incentive to spark Skype devotee conversions?
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by John Jorgensen on October 16, 2008
- Brightkite, the location based social network that can find the location of your wi-fi connected laptop, is releasing an iPhone app that integrates with GPS.
- Be notified when other users are in your vicinity with the option to initiate chat.
- Broadcast your location to your friends at any time.
- Enters a competitive field: six other location based iPhone networks want to be #1, but Brightkite’s 50k+ user base along w/SMS integration gives them a head start.
I could see this beating out Loopt – if done right, Brightkite could become the de-facto location based social app for the iPhone. Well, until Facebook moves in, of course.
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by John Jorgensen on October 15, 2008
- Flock, the social networking web browser, has released version 2.0.
- Interact with major socnets from Flock’s “People” sidebar.
- MySpace support now included, along with support for Media RSS which lets you stream Flickr photos, Digg stories, etc on Flock’s media bar.
- MyWorld is Flock’s startpage, bringing together your feeds, friend activity and media streams.
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by John Jorgensen on October 8, 2008
- Change.org is a social network focused on social causes in an effort to make a positive difference.
- Causes live on their own profile pages and are moderated by one person each who knows a lot about the issue and is invested in seeing real change occur.
- Calls to action are prevalent, with multiple ways to get involved listed for each cause including different places to donate money.
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