Jambo
A client that runs on your computer,
that gives you a notice when a relevant member is within a 6-8 blocks distance.
The groups can be the social networks you are already part of.
It comes with an instant messenger function.
Jim Young teamed up with Charles Rabato to form Jambo, swahili hello
Amazon.com`s Former Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend also joined, this is where it gets interesting with his knowledge of machine learning, data mining, and discovery algorithms.
At Jambo, he will focus on personalizing the user experience and enhancing the algorithms for matching users.
Smart moves to blog about their launch at the Demo conference.
www.jambo.net/
direct competition:
Placesite, a 200.000 dollar startup from 29 yr old Paul Bragiel,
workt with its own custom wifi router system. Once you replace your own router,
than newly connected clients are redirected to the placesite server to register your profile, and to view and chat other profiles nearby. It is speeding up the initial contact phase in a wifi place, whereafter you can meet, your profile is kept local.
No client installation required, just the router.
info.placesite.com/
also in competition:
www.meetro.com/
plazes.com/
www.dodgeball.com/
www.frappr.com/
wireless location trackers
www.skyhookwireless.com/
www.wigle.net/
on mobile devices
Lovegety europe.nokia.com/A4144923 Nokia Sensor, www.playtxt.net/
(on the web, sms and phone) www.mamjam.com/
(now kwickee)
2007-02-06
Stockholm
