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Future of Social Networking is on Mobile
One of the biggest assets of a mobile phone is its ability to gather location co-ordinates which adds context to a situation. I have talked about mobile social networking and location in my previous posts. In this post, I am going to talk about two of my favorite mobile applications that have become more relevant due to context. There purpose here is to illustrate how mobile enhances the experience of social networking as compared to that on PC and why mobile social networking is likely to be successful in future:




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Related Entries | Use Snikkr for Social Networking, Productivity, & Location-based Services on your BlackBerry
Snikkr is a cool little program mainly for social productivity that brings together social networking, productivity and location-based services to your BlackBerry device.
Snikkr lets you share your location, status and favorite places with your friends, family and co-workers on the go. You decide how much to share with each friend, and for how long. Going on a trip with some friends for the weekend? Snikkr let’s you share your location and relevant places with those friends for the next 48 hours. On Monday morning, your location stops being shared.
Snikkr’s location-based and social networking features are integrated into your smart-phone’s built-in calendar and contacts. Want to get directions to that upcoming meeting? Just one click from your phone’s calendar application and you get turn-by-turn directions from where you are now. Need to see where your contact’s business is on a map? Just one click for that, too.
Permalink | Posted on Friday, May 22, 2009
Coupious Provides Location Aware Coupons on Your Mobile
Name: Coupious
Quick Pitch: A mobile marketing platform delivering on-demand, location-based coupons to smartphone users for savings at the point of sale.
Genius Idea: We all love to save money, but if you’re anything like us, you can’t stand the idea idea of clipping coupons or spending hours scouring the Web to find discounts in your area. Coupious, a free coupon application for iPods, iPhones, and Android (Android reviews) devices, is in the process of transforming the way we think about using coupons.
Permalink | Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Location-based social network MobiLuck exceeds 1M users`
Last week location-based social network Mobiluck announced that it has exceeded one million members worldwide since the launch of its service two years ago. This network is currently growing with 6,000 new members per day; page views tripled over the last three months to 42 million per month.
Permalink | Posted on Monday, June 01, 2009
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