What To Expect In Mobile Social Networking
Posted on June 4th, 2008 by dhirender
Apart from the launch of the new new iPhone, one rising company that’s hoping for a mention during the Steve Jobs Show is Pelago, a startup that recently garnered $15 million from funders, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers. Pelago plans to offer a version of its software, called Whrrl, for the iPhone. The software enables something they call social discovery: using the iPhone’s map and self-location features, as well as information about the prior activities of the user’s friends, Whrrl proposes new places to explore or activities to try says Technology Review.
In short, Whrrl has managed to combine a recommendation feature like Yelp, with a mobile social positioning network such as Loopt, which is amazing, because it has managed to combine the advantages of a recommendation service, with the mobility and spontaneity of the mobile.
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