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Loopt Shifts Its Strategy To Tap The Pulse Of Location

35 points by edw519 17y ago

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martian 17y ago
Someday our phones will be so tuned in to our locations and preferences that we'll see maps that show only the places we're really interested in, a la http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JPG http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JP...
- lhuang 17y ago
  Not just limited to phone technologies. I think there is a larger trend of pandora-like predictive analytics soon to seep into our connected lives. In Soviet Russia, you don't browse the web. The web browses you!
  - iamwil 17y ago
    Hrm, if that's the case, then I guess effectively, you can have machines being the connector that gets people together for events and party plans, since it knows who's where, it should be able to match people together based on the history of places they've been. Though that doesn't bother, what does bother me if that algorithm got rigged somehow, and someone could engineer and direct the flow of people in physical space and in social space.
callmeed 17y ago
So, Loopt realized that a) a location-based social network doesn't have much value-add over a normal social network and b) Facebook and Twitter are both going location-based (or are already there) and have way more momentum ... and therefore are switching gears. I applaud them for this but they still have a long ways to go if they want to be more than a "mobile meetup".
rokhayakebe 17y ago
Are they shifting strategy or simply adapting to the market and what customers need? If Google adds Tweets to search results it does not necessarily mean they are shifting strategy, so why does Loopt change have to be so? (Unless of course they stated they were shifting. I did not read too much into the article)
floozyspeak 17y ago
I see it more as loopt simply turning on the "foursquare" ability of their established network. Question is can they retain the coolness and fun while doing it, and how long can foursquare retain the oooooo feel before it becomes lame and overcrowded cause it sure as hell gonna be that way soon.

35 points by edw519 17y ago

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Someday our phones will be so tuned in to our locations and preferences that we'll see maps that show only the places we're really interested in, a la http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JPG http://strangemaps.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/newyorker2.JP...

lhuang 17y ago
Not just limited to phone technologies. I think there is a larger trend of pandora-like predictive analytics soon to seep into our connected lives. In Soviet Russia, you don't browse the web. The web browses you!
- iamwil 17y ago
  Hrm, if that's the case, then I guess effectively, you can have machines being the connector that gets people together for events and party plans, since it knows who's where, it should be able to match people together based on the history of places they've been. Though that doesn't bother, what does bother me if that algorithm got rigged somehow, and someone could engineer and direct the flow of people in physical space and in social space.

callmeed 17y ago

So, Loopt realized that a) a location-based social network doesn't have much value-add over a normal social network and b) Facebook and Twitter are both going location-based (or are already there) and have way more momentum ... and therefore are switching gears. I applaud them for this but they still have a long ways to go if they want to be more than a "mobile meetup".

rokhayakebe 17y ago

Are they shifting strategy or simply adapting to the market and what customers need? If Google adds Tweets to search results it does not necessarily mean they are shifting strategy, so why does Loopt change have to be so? (Unless of course they stated they were shifting. I did not read too much into the article)

floozyspeak 17y ago

I see it more as loopt simply turning on the "foursquare" ability of their established network. Question is can they retain the coolness and fun while doing it, and how long can foursquare retain the oooooo feel before it becomes lame and overcrowded cause it sure as hell gonna be that way soon.