Comments on: Loopt to make mobile presence usable http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/ Startup and Tech News Fri, 16 May 2008 12:12:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Loopt May Be “Friending” More Mobile Networks http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1761830 Loopt May Be “Friending” More Mobile Networks Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:57:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1761830 [...] where you are. As before, it still has the geotagging, messaging, and privacy features we already reported on. I’m sure they’re learning a lot from services like Twitter and the recent Jaiku [...] […] where you are. As before, it still has the geotagging, messaging, and privacy features we already reported on. I’m sure they’re learning a lot from services like Twitter and the recent Jaiku […]

]]> By: Silicon Valley Blog » Loopt With Pals? Social Mapping and Smart Presence services are the next rage http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1562513 Silicon Valley Blog » Loopt With Pals? Social Mapping and Smart Presence services are the next rage Sat, 18 Aug 2007 06:15:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1562513 [...] TechCrunch post PCMagazine’s review of the Loopt service Mention on Mashable CNNMoney’s coverage of [...] […] TechCrunch post PCMagazine’s review of the Loopt service Mention on Mashable CNNMoney’s coverage of […]

]]> By: MeetMoi’s Mobile Hookups Gets Financing : Forecast-Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413918 MeetMoi’s Mobile Hookups Gets Financing : Forecast-Blog Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:37:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413918 [...] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their [...] […] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their […]

]]> By: Just a random blog ! http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413808 Just a random blog ! Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:47:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413808 [...] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their [...] […] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their […]

]]> By: MeetMoi’s Mobile Hookups Gets Financing http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413793 MeetMoi’s Mobile Hookups Gets Financing Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:37:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1413793 [...] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their [...] […] is not GPS enabled. I can easily see mobile friend-finding services like Loopt and Helio integrating a similar GPS version of the system into their […]

]]> By: MobileCrunch » uLocate GPS Platform Gets $11 Million http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1380406 MobileCrunch » uLocate GPS Platform Gets $11 Million Wed, 16 May 2007 21:52:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1380406 [...] interested in location based mobile applications should also check out Loopt, which powers Amp’d mobile’s friend finding service. Tags: mobilecrunch, mobile2.0, [...] […] interested in location based mobile applications should also check out Loopt, which powers Amp’d mobile’s friend finding service. Tags: mobilecrunch, mobile2.0, […]

]]> By: Startup Meme » YCombinator - A Force to Reckon With, A Model to Replicate http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1263944 Startup Meme » YCombinator - A Force to Reckon With, A Model to Replicate Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:52:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-1263944 [...] Loopt Loopt is a mobile tracking service that enables cell phone subscribers to share their real location status, messages, photos, and other information on the go with their friends from a mobile phone. The application uses GPS to automatically update the location of the user´s ‘buddies’ and display this information on a map on his mobile. Alerts can also be send when a friend is nearby or if a specific event is taking place in the neighborhood. Loopt also offers geo blogging features and an integration with Twitter could be really handy. Loopt was founded in late 2005 by Sam Altman and Nick Sivo and is based in Palo Alto, California. Loopt is currently just available to Boost mobile subscribers but hopes to expand to more networks soon. They have raised $5 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. See Techcrunch´s coverage here. [...] […] Loopt Loopt is a mobile tracking service that enables cell phone subscribers to share their real location status, messages, photos, and other information on the go with their friends from a mobile phone. The application uses GPS to automatically update the location of the user´s ‘buddies’ and display this information on a map on his mobile. Alerts can also be send when a friend is nearby or if a specific event is taking place in the neighborhood. Loopt also offers geo blogging features and an integration with Twitter could be really handy. Loopt was founded in late 2005 by Sam Altman and Nick Sivo and is based in Palo Alto, California. Loopt is currently just available to Boost mobile subscribers but hopes to expand to more networks soon. They have raised $5 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital and New Enterprise Associates. See Techcrunch´s coverage here. […]

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]]> By: Daniel Rueda http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-416322 Daniel Rueda Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:06:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-416322 imagine a sexoffender geo fence loopt instant alert. You look at your phone and theres the picture profile of your neighbor. Then you look over and hes just across the street watering his lawn smiling at you. :) imagine a sexoffender geo fence loopt instant alert.

You look at your phone and theres the picture profile of your neighbor. Then you look over and hes just across the street watering his lawn smiling at you. :)

]]> By: Neil http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-415406 Neil Sun, 19 Nov 2006 20:20:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-415406 Why pay for a service like this when there are free offerings out there like Mologogo? I've been using it on my Windows Mobile phone for the past 6 months and it even worked while I was holidaying in England. Why pay for a service like this when there are free offerings out there like Mologogo? I’ve been using it on my Windows Mobile phone for the past 6 months and it even worked while I was holidaying in England.

]]> By: Under the Radar » Blog Archive » Loopt brings Waldo to the palm of your hand http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-260387 Under the Radar » Blog Archive » Loopt brings Waldo to the palm of your hand Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:50:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-260387 [...] Seen and Heard: TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirkpatrick says, “I can definitely imagine going downtown to work at a coffee shop, requesting notification if any of my friends came within a few miles of me and having all the more access to the people I know and want to spend time with.” Wired Magazine’s crystal ball revealed in September 2005, “His [Altman’s] fledgling company is close to signing a deal to test his location-based social-networking software with one of the country’s largest cell-phone providers, and is in talks with prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms.” [...] […] Seen and Heard: TechCrunch’s Marshall Kirkpatrick says, “I can definitely imagine going downtown to work at a coffee shop, requesting notification if any of my friends came within a few miles of me and having all the more access to the people I know and want to spend time with.” Wired Magazine’s crystal ball revealed in September 2005, “His [Altman’s] fledgling company is close to signing a deal to test his location-based social-networking software with one of the country’s largest cell-phone providers, and is in talks with prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms.” […]

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]]> By: chessnerd http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-228746 chessnerd Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:40:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-228746 Sure, this will be great for some highschool/college kids. Mot relevant use case in my mind = between spouses. My wife and I call each other several times a day just to know where the other one is to coordinate. I'll pay $3 or $6 or $10 a month to know. Oh... wifey is at Costco? Text her to pick up some milk. Sure, this will be great for some highschool/college kids.

Mot relevant use case in my mind = between spouses. My wife and I call each other several times a day just to know where the other one is to coordinate. I’ll pay $3 or $6 or $10 a month to know. Oh… wifey is at Costco? Text her to pick up some milk.

]]> By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A look at eight multi-person SMS services http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-227856 Techcrunch » Blog Archive » A look at eight multi-person SMS services Thu, 28 Sep 2006 04:41:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-227856 [...] Loopt is a location aware service funded by YCombinator and Sequoia. We reviewed it at launch. [...] […] Loopt is a location aware service funded by YCombinator and Sequoia. We reviewed it at launch. […]

]]> By: j2memap blog » Blog Archive » Mobile presence with Loopt… http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-221668 j2memap blog » Blog Archive » Mobile presence with Loopt… Mon, 25 Sep 2006 21:07:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-221668 [...] rom Techcrunch… [...] […] rom Techcrunch… […]

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]]> By: Leo Fish http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-208072 Leo Fish Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:52:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-208072 How is this different from plazes with mobile component? How is this different from plazes with mobile component?

]]> By: Wordpress 2.0 & Typo themes - WHOLLYDEV » The next web generation: a short selection http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-201735 Wordpress 2.0 & Typo themes - WHOLLYDEV » The next web generation: a short selection Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-201735 [...] Loopt: mobile presence usable [...] […] Loopt: mobile presence usable […]

]]> By: VentureBeat » Roundup: MobiTV, Loopt, Xuqa, Google embraces TurnHere http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-198822 VentureBeat » Roundup: MobiTV, Loopt, Xuqa, Google embraces TurnHere Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:39:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-198822 [...] Loopt, the mobile presence company, is finally launching — Loopt uses GPS and other data to give you the location of your friends, along with their presence status, such as available or away. Techcrunch has a review. The company has changed its name several times. [...] […] Loopt, the mobile presence company, is finally launching — Loopt uses GPS and other data to give you the location of your friends, along with their presence status, such as available or away. Techcrunch has a review. The company has changed its name several times. […]

]]> By: Heather Roggers http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-191990 Heather Roggers Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:42:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-191990 i'm in college and this sounds like a dork did it, useless i’m in college and this sounds like a dork did it, useless

]]> By: Rumboard http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-190830 Rumboard Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:43:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-190830 <strong>Dodgeball.com...</strong> Dodgeball.com is a social network targeting mobile phone users. Users of the service send a text message to Dodgeball (36343) stating their current location. Dodgeball, in turn, broadcasts the user’s location to all of his or her friends (that ar... Dodgeball.com…

Dodgeball.com is a social network targeting mobile phone users. Users of the service send a text message to Dodgeball (36343) stating their current location. Dodgeball, in turn, broadcasts the user’s location to all of his or her friends (that ar…

]]> By: mboy2k5/Brandon http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-190271 mboy2k5/Brandon Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:26:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-190271 I got Loopt as soon as it became available. It has amazing graphics, the proper security and some cool features such as making events and having a live profile with a pic. I can't wait to see what else these guys come out with in the future. I now have a new toy on my phone. Great job to Evan and his team. There were a lot of people shooting down Loopt. It wasn't well known and people thought it was a fraud. I was one of those that signed up for the service when I heard about it and asked a few questions. If you have Boost Mobile then I suggest you get this and use it as much as you can. Again, great job to Evan and his team. I got Loopt as soon as it became available. It has amazing graphics, the proper security and some cool features such as making events and having a live profile with a pic. I can’t wait to see what else these guys come out with in the future. I now have a new toy on my phone. Great job to Evan and his team. There were a lot of people shooting down Loopt. It wasn’t well known and people thought it was a fraud. I was one of those that signed up for the service when I heard about it and asked a few questions. If you have Boost Mobile then I suggest you get this and use it as much as you can. Again, great job to Evan and his team.

]]> By: Evan Tana http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-189813 Evan Tana Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:05:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/09/11/loopt-to-make-mobile-presence-usable/#comment-189813 There were a bunch of great posts raising important questions about the service’s privacy and security. Location information is very sensitive, and we want to give users full control over how they use it and who they share it with. We’ve made it easy and intuitive to toggle sharing ON and OFF for individual friends from the web, your mobile app, or even by calling our customer service, and as far as we know, we’re the first service ever to allow for individual control of location sharing. The current version of the service doesn’t allow for predefined profiles as suggested by “Startups.in/India,” but it’s a great suggestion. loopt’s all about making it easier to keep in touch with friends, and we wanted to make sure that location sharing was simple so that users could focus on what makes our service exciting and useful– real-time location sharing, setting status messages on the go, proximity-based messaging. We hope to allow you to stay in touch with the world around you wherever you are. It’s a vision that excites us, but we’ll never compromise your safety or privacy to get there. Thanks again for all of the thoughtful comments…keep them coming. Side note: loopt is currently only available in the US on Boost Mobile. It is free until 2007 and $2.99 a month beginning in January. One of the reasons we’re excited about launching with Boost is that all of their phones have GPS. If you have a Java-enabled Boost phone, or buy any of their new phones, we’re supported. More coverage is coming soon. We hope that answers some of your questions about the service. There were a bunch of great posts raising important questions about the service’s privacy and security. Location information is very sensitive, and we want to give users full control over how they use it and who they share it with. We’ve made it easy and intuitive to toggle sharing ON and OFF for individual friends from the web, your mobile app, or even by calling our customer service, and as far as we know, we’re the first service ever to allow for individual control of location sharing. The current version of the service doesn’t allow for predefined profiles as suggested by “Startups.in/India,” but it’s a great suggestion.

loopt’s all about making it easier to keep in touch with friends, and we wanted to make sure that location sharing was simple so that users could focus on what makes our service exciting and useful– real-time location sharing, setting status messages on the go, proximity-based messaging. We hope to allow you to stay in touch with the world around you wherever you are. It’s a vision that excites us, but we’ll never compromise your safety or privacy to get there.

Thanks again for all of the thoughtful comments…keep them coming.

Side note:
loopt is currently only available in the US on Boost Mobile. It is free until 2007 and $2.99 a month beginning in January. One of the reasons we’re excited about launching with Boost is that all of their phones have GPS. If you have a Java-enabled Boost phone, or buy any of their new phones, we’re supported. More coverage is coming soon. We hope that answers some of your questions about the service.

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