Location-Based Social Apps
Cluster focuses on discussions and promotions of geo-social apps for discovering nearby friends, events, places, and people for meetups or shared activities, often comparing to Foursquare or Google Latitude and featuring plugs for competing startups.
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Should be a Facebook app, to utilize their user base & location abilities.
I thought Foursquare already provided this service /s
An app that shows me where my friends and family are.(Like Google Latitude used to do)
Use it to promote making friends in person. Perhaps a curated and editable list of actual 3rd spaces in the real world. All anonymous users (like HN), popular 3rd spaces can be voted up/down per city/town. Maybe each venue could include posts for meet times or events.
payments? community? local user discovery? etc etc
Working on a location based social app. https://pinggy.com
Hi everyone! Less than happy to read this news, as my husband and I have been working on a similar solution for some time now. We've created an app https://maplog.it/ which allows you to create different lists, share them with others and give you better recommendations for places to go out. We are currently working on an iOS and Android apps. Do you think it makes any sense to continue or should we just drop the i
Hi HN! Thanks for taking a look at Invitor. An invitations feed from nearby people looking for company for everyday leisure (coffee, bars, concerts, movies, city walks), not dating.What to try (2 minutes):Open the app and browse the invitations feed for your city.Join an invite or post a quick one (“Walk in the park?”, “Who’s up for a movie?”).Coordinate details in the built-in group chat.Optional: switch to the map if you want to see what’s nearby.Questions we’d love your hone
sounds like another geo social app
cool idea! good luck with your app! I also want to build an app that leverages happenings "in the real world".