http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/roundup-a-longtime-yahoo-employee-leaves-speculation-that-loopt-beat-out-whrrl-for-wwdc-keynote-position-and-more/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:13:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/roundup-a-longtime-yahoo-employee-leaves-speculation-that-loopt-beat-out-whrrl-for-wwdc-keynote-position-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-820465 Location-based social network Whrrl launches for the iPhone » VentureBeat Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:34:06 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=93661#comment-820465 [...] After all, Loopt actually got a chance to take the stage during Apple’s WWDC this year, and there are rumors that Whrrl was consciously snubbed. While the iPhone version of Whrrl appears to the same service that’s already available on [...] [...] After all, Loopt actually got a chance to take the stage during Apple’s WWDC this year, and there are rumors that Whrrl was consciously snubbed. While the iPhone version of Whrrl appears to the same service that’s already available on [...]

]]> http://digital.venturebeat.com/2008/06/12/roundup-a-longtime-yahoo-employee-leaves-speculation-that-loopt-beat-out-whrrl-for-wwdc-keynote-position-and-more/comment-page-1/#comment-817039 Loopt opens a lead with location-based service on smartphones » VentureBeat Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:07:05 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/?p=93661#comment-817039 [...] This makes Loopt the third location-based service to be available on the majority of U.S. smartphones, but arguably lets it open a lead over competitors Whrrl and Brightkite in this segment. I’ve illustrated the competitive field with one of my napkin drawings below. You’ll see that Loopt has an extra green box at the top because of its coup at Apple’s WWDC last week, when it was featured as part of Steve Jobs’ keynote. Loopt beat out Whrll, we reported last week. [...] [...] This makes Loopt the third location-based service to be available on the majority of U.S. smartphones, but arguably lets it open a lead over competitors Whrrl and Brightkite in this segment. I’ve illustrated the competitive field with one of my napkin drawings below. You’ll see that Loopt has an extra green box at the top because of its coup at Apple’s WWDC last week, when it was featured as part of Steve Jobs’ keynote. Loopt beat out Whrll, we reported last week. [...]

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