Comments on: iPhone apps like Whrrl preview the power of location, but there is far greater potential

By: Nominate Whrrl for The Crunchies! | Our Whrrld

Nominate Whrrl for The Crunchies! | Our Whrrld — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:01:21 +0000

[...] tech blogs GigaOm, VentureBeat, Silicon Alley Insider, and TechCrunch are banding together to celebrate “what went right in [...]

By: Surging on an iPhone commercial, Loopt looking to sell or raise money? » VentureBeat

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:57:48 +0000

[...] & Co. is putting Loopt at: Over $500 million. Now, I like Loopt as much as the next guy, and am bullish on the eventual success of location-based services, but a half billion dollars, in this market, for a network that is far from established? Come [...]

By: Brightkite finally launches its iPhone app. Could this be the one that launches LBS? » VentureBeat

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:45:23 +0000

[...] It would also greatly help if Apple allowed these LBS apps to run in the background. [...]

By: DARPA’s Project GANDALF: You shall not pass (without us knowing your location)! » VentureBeat

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:57:56 +0000

[...] of this project comes at an interesting time. Location-based services are quickly becoming hot items in consumers electronic technology — especially now in the United States with very consumer-friendly devices such as the iPhone [...]

By: Full disclosure: Apple removes NDA for released iPhone apps » VentureBeat

Full disclosure: Apple removes NDA for released iPhone apps » VentureBeat — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:00:15 +0000

[...] backtracked and went full-steam ahead with that. That gives me hope that we might see things like the ability to have applications running in the background on the iPhone [...]

By: Facebook 2.0 for the iPhone, tastes more like regular Facebook » VentureBeat

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:08:20 +0000

[...] My guess would be some sort of location functionality. Services like Loopt, Whrrl and Where are getting better at figuring out how to make location-based networks be compelling within an iPhone ap…, but the giant elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about is the likelihood that the much [...]

By: Zvents, moving its events search to mobile, raises $24M » VentureBeat

Zvents, moving its events search to mobile, raises $24M » VentureBeat — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:02:57 +0000

[...] which is why carriers are becoming interested in Zvents (as evidenced by the AT&T investment). Location-based applications are also proliferating, and they all need data of the sort that Zvents [...]

By: Loopt Mix makes Loopt a much more powerful people connector » VentureBeat

Loopt Mix makes Loopt a much more powerful people connector » VentureBeat — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:16:18 +0000

[...] Disabling Loopt Mix in those times where you don’t want to be found is as easy as one tap of a button the screen. You can also obviously set what attributes you want to share with the public. Since Apple doesn’t allow applications to run in the background, Loopt Mix will only work for now when you have the application open. That’s a problem — one that I hope Apple will step up and fix. [...]