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]]> By: This is Mobility » Blog Archive » Gahbunga Launch http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-517 This is Mobility » Blog Archive » Gahbunga Launch Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:22:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-517 [...] I saw info of the Gahbunga launch over at Techcrunch. Sounds very much like the Fotochatter app we saw during the Mobile Monday demo day. Not that I’m complaining, two companies working in largely the same direction normally means there’s some validity to the model they’re trying to fulfill on. Overall the mobile communications options are largely person to person. The applications that open up the communication to a larger group normally do it with a set of known friends and help you stay connected to them. They’re introverted for the most part. There’s a bunch of interest these days in extroverted mobile applications. Mobile social software (Nokia Sensor, 6th Sense, Bluedar) seem to be popping up all over the place. The Fotochatter method is interesting in that it lets you form a community with whom you share your images, rather than sending to one person. And it facilitates an ongoing discussion of that image. The Gahbunga app is more goal oriented however. It’s not just “images from friends” that you’ll be getting, but images of people that someone else is looking for help rating. It’s voyeuristic, the people doing the voting get to look at some hotties, and it’s instant. Sure has the makings of a great app there. [...] [...] I saw info of the Gahbunga launch over at Techcrunch. Sounds very much like the Fotochatter app we saw during the Mobile Monday demo day. Not that I’m complaining, two companies working in largely the same direction normally means there’s some validity to the model they’re trying to fulfill on. Overall the mobile communications options are largely person to person. The applications that open up the communication to a larger group normally do it with a set of known friends and help you stay connected to them. They’re introverted for the most part. There’s a bunch of interest these days in extroverted mobile applications. Mobile social software (Nokia Sensor, 6th Sense, Bluedar) seem to be popping up all over the place. The Fotochatter method is interesting in that it lets you form a community with whom you share your images, rather than sending to one person. And it facilitates an ongoing discussion of that image. The Gahbunga app is more goal oriented however. It’s not just “images from friends” that you’ll be getting, but images of people that someone else is looking for help rating. It’s voyeuristic, the people doing the voting get to look at some hotties, and it’s instant. Sure has the makings of a great app there. [...]

]]> By: Alexander Muse http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-511 Alexander Muse Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:47:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-511 If you don't get it you are not alone. The truth is if you are not between 13 and 23 (and largely female) you won't. I am 33 and bald and have a hard time understanding why kids pay $1.45 for ringtones when they balk at paying $1 per song for iTunes (instead decide stealing them is better). The site is not very serious. The next version will have a cool AJAX interface and an interesting display of meta data collected. Thanks for the comments - keep them coming - we will take off the Google ads since they seem offensive. Not sure why - but I don't get why people use hot or not - so instead of fighting the battle I will go along! If you don’t get it you are not alone. The truth is if you are not between 13 and 23 (and largely female) you won’t. I am 33 and bald and have a hard time understanding why kids pay $1.45 for ringtones when they balk at paying $1 per song for iTunes (instead decide stealing them is better).

The site is not very serious. The next version will have a cool AJAX interface and an interesting display of meta data collected. Thanks for the comments - keep them coming - we will take off the Google ads since they seem offensive. Not sure why - but I don’t get why people use hot or not - so instead of fighting the battle I will go along!

]]> By: Dave Hodson http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-507 Dave Hodson Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:16:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-507 FYI - your feed is unreadable in Bloglines. It looks like this (one giant run-on sentence) Dave p.s. I had to submit this multiple times, kept getting a pretty revealing error from your DB Company: Gahbunga Launched: August 29 2005 Status: Weblogs Work Company Location: Dallas, TX Gahbunga launched today. It was created by the guys at Weblogs Work (profile) and is at least as interesting as Consumating, another Texas dating startu FYI - your feed is unreadable in Bloglines. It looks like this (one giant run-on sentence)

Dave

p.s. I had to submit this multiple times, kept getting a pretty revealing error from your DB

Company: Gahbunga Launched: August 29 2005 Status: Weblogs Work Company Location: Dallas, TX Gahbunga launched today. It was created by the guys at Weblogs Work (profile) and is at least as interesting as Consumating, another Texas dating startu

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-501 Benjamin Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:46:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-501 Cute. Fun. Entertaining for a minute or two. But I don't get the point? Maybe I'm old. Also, is there a business model somewhere? Having said that, the cartoon on the home page is neat, but the Google Ad isn't. I have a hard time taking a business seriously with Google Ads on them... Cute. Fun. Entertaining for a minute or two. But I don’t get the point?

Maybe I’m old.

Also, is there a business model somewhere?

Having said that, the cartoon on the home page is neat, but the Google Ad isn’t. I have a hard time taking a business seriously with Google Ads on them…

]]> By: Technoogle » Blog Archive » Gahbunga, “Hot or Not” for your Cell Phone http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-500 Technoogle » Blog Archive » Gahbunga, “Hot or Not” for your Cell Phone Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:43:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-500 [...] (via TechCrunch) Like we don’t have enough of these kinds of services, here’s another one that launched today, and this time it’s targeted for mobile phones. [...] [...] (via TechCrunch) Like we don’t have enough of these kinds of services, here’s another one that launched today, and this time it’s targeted for mobile phones. [...]

]]> By: Ben Barren http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-498 Ben Barren Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:31:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-498 facebook is so far ahead... the last thing we need is bad rating and social networking plays considered "2.0" - who would use this service ? Chris and Ponzi may have met through Match.com and we think thats ok, but can anyone ever imagine meeting someone that rated them "hot" "9/10"... and then meeting them, having chemistry, kids, happily ever after.. this is no eharmony.com. now there 's a non-web 2.0 algorithm for connection, traffic and charging premium user subscription fees. facebook is so far ahead… the last thing we need is bad rating and social networking plays considered “2.0″ - who would use this service ? Chris and Ponzi may have met through Match.com and we think thats ok, but can anyone ever imagine meeting someone that rated them “hot” “9/10″… and then meeting them, having chemistry, kids, happily ever after.. this is no eharmony.com. now there ’s a non-web 2.0 algorithm for connection, traffic and charging premium user subscription fees.

]]> By: Ben Barren http://www.techcrunch.com/2005/08/29/189/#comment-497 Ben Barren Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:26:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=189#comment-497 Dont photo rate this hot chick sites, or in this dating or social networking ones, have an issue in so far, as 3rd party unique users rate extremely low eh (avg's 2-3.5/10) and therefore dont really provide any real recommendation advice for potential dater. This is a 'high involvement' decision where there is no immediate offline economic multi-industry the industry can substitute. I'd be more interested in a meta-scraped oodle.com/simplyhired/indeed.com meta-scraped dating site... http://benbarren.blogspot.com Dont photo rate this hot chick sites, or in this dating or social networking ones, have an issue in so far, as 3rd party unique users rate extremely low eh (avg’s 2-3.5/10) and therefore dont really provide any real recommendation advice for potential dater. This is a ‘high involvement’ decision where there is no immediate offline economic multi-industry the industry can substitute. I’d be more interested in a meta-scraped oodle.com/simplyhired/indeed.com meta-scraped dating site…

http://benbarren.blogspot.com

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