As well as needing controls to manage system abusers, I would also anticipate that some profile-based filtering – particularly for high-density urban areas – will be essential.

If I am on the South Bank, do I want to know that skaters are pulling sick tricks outside the National Film Theatre, or that there are free tickets available to a new digital screening inside?

Advertising revenue opportunities should be strong here – both for regular location-based promotions of happy hours etc., but also one-off, live promotions.

http://www.cmog...-stock-near-me/

Harry “now if only consumer GPS was accurate enough to mark dog cr@p in the park” Wang

- extend the Emergency Broadcast System

- report on local crime (i.e. “sniper is on the loose at xxxxxx”)

Fun uses:

- iPhone “pass it on” game where a story starts in one neighborhood and then gets re-spun and passed on and then reported back a timeframe later from other locations (on a website or such) to see what came back

- iPhone “build a story” game (similar to the above but like those forum “add a word” games)

- localized “talk” (i.e. text) show broadcasting (i.e. news, gossip, jokes, etc.)

Naughty use:

- localized bomb scares

Harry “oh, and link it to that GPS city ‘hot spot’ activity website” Wang

Mugger: “Dude, there is a sale at Starbucks! Coffee for a buck!”
Victim: “Really? Where at?”
Mugger: “Its down the street, near this dark ally way.”
Victim: “Okay, I’ll be there in five minuets.”

No way I’m installing this on my iPhone.

Users submit short messages through an app on their phone, which are mass-broadcasted to other Nrme users within a 9 block radius. Each time a user submits a message, it is readable by everyone else in the vicinity – there is no “follow” system. An…