Comments on: Loopt Snags AT&T, Now Available On Every U.S. Carrier

By: Background Location Finds A Loop(t)gap On The iPhone | Cellphone Ultra

Background Location Finds A Loop(t)gap On The iPhone | Cellphone Ultra — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:00:39 +0000

[...] the iPhone runs on. Loopt, which seems to be particularly good at carrier relationships, has cut deals with AT&T in the [...]

By: Background Location Finds A Loop(t)hole On The iPhone

Background Location Finds A Loop(t)hole On The iPhone — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:54:08 +0000

[...] the iPhone runs on. Loopt, which seems to be particularly good at carrier relationships, has cut deals with AT&T in the [...]

By: I Goncang

I Goncang — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:41:16 +0000

I might not know Earthcomber but at least they don’t go publicly insulting the defendants using a link to Wikipedia. It shows your level of maturity, dude. So I will NEVER use Loopt!

By: Ubica a tus amigos de Facebook a traves del movil | Facebook en español

Ubica a tus amigos de Facebook a traves del movil | Facebook en español — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:04:38 +0000

[...] Loopt Snags AT&T;, Now Available On Every U.S. Carrier [...]

By: Claudio Schapsis

Claudio Schapsis — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:21:32 +0000

Mobile is the future of social networking, the question is who is going to pay the bill (mobile=money). There are more than a handful of LBSN. I compiled a list of more than 50 in my blog http://www.BDNooz.com. BTW I’ve seen many applications that already integrate as a Location Service as a feature inside FaceBook. So you we can say FaceBook has that capability.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:27:35 +0000

Are you really going to quote wikipedia for an argument? Try a little harder next time

By: Telecom Giant Vodafone Gets Into Location Based Social Networking With Pocket Life | Fidicaro.net

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:32:36 +0000

[...] social networks like Whrrl, Limbo, and Loopt, which recently signed a deal to become available on every mobile carrier in the US. Pocket Life is getting a late start, but with giants like Facebook and MySpace largely sitting on [...]

By: Telecom Giant Vodafone Gets Into Location Based Social Networking With Pocket Life

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:59:03 +0000

By: sam

sam — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:51:29 +0000

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By: Arrington: Thy Name is Shill

Arrington: Thy Name is Shill — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:21:04 +0000

From Wikipedia:

A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services or a political group, who pretends no association to the seller/group and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. The intention of the shill is, using crowd psychology, to encourage others unaware of the set-up to purchase said goods or services or support the political group’s ideological claims. Shills are often employed by confidence artists. In the UK the term plant is also used. Shill bidding, found on many auction sites such as eBay is punishable by law[citation needed] and may result in fines and or prosecution.

Shilling is illegal in many circumstances and in many jurisdictions because of the frequently fraudulent and damaging character of their actions. However, if a shill does not place uninformed parties at a risk of loss, but merely generates “buzz”, the shill’s actions may be legal. For example, a person planted in an audience to laugh and applaud when appropriate (see “claque”), or to participate in on-stage activities as a “random member of the audience”, is a type of legal shill.

“Shill” can also be used pejoratively to describe a critic who appears either all-too-eager to heap glowing praise upon mediocre offerings, or who acts as an apologist for glaring flaws. In this sense, they would be an implicit “shill” for the industry at large, as their income is tied to its prosperity.

By: Mike "Big Pussy" Arrington: Telephone Tough Guy

Mike "Big Pussy" Arrington: Telephone Tough Guy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:02:58 +0000

Arrington:

The world eagerly awaits your deposition.

Tough guy, right?

Nope. More like soft serve ice cream.

By: Ron Santo

Ron Santo — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:38:31 +0000

I would have to say Mike Arrington’s appetite eclipses both his arrogance and hubris combined.

Christ: you can’t fit the guy in a picture frame.

Mike: am I wrong. You’re fucking fat, right?

By: Reki

Reki — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:14:59 +0000

I’ve tried both. Earthcomber is far superior. It automatically updates. Loopt does not.

It’s not even close.

By: Daves

Daves — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:14:19 +0000

LOL

By: Que

Que — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:02:37 +0000

Shouldnt the title say the Loopt is available on every Major US Carrier not ever US Carrier

By: Raj

Raj — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:41:16 +0000

why we have to pay $4/year when there are many services are available free of cost like http://fonet.mobi/

By: Mobile Social Network Loopt now available on AT&T phones | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:07:41 +0000

[...] is now available on three AT&T phones. The mobile social network is available (in the U.S.) on: Sprint, Verizon, [...]

By: fb500113391

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:18:11 +0000

Now that you mention it, quite a few of them are. Maybe it really is secretly a gay dating network masquerading as a 2.0 professional tool…

By: Daves

Daves — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:54:22 +0000

LOL.. are they gay?

By: fb500113391

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:49:50 +0000

Loopt is pretty cool… in Seattle. In St. Louis it’s mostly useful for finding the other 3 people that use it.

By: Ted

Ted — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:37:17 +0000

Arrington is gay?

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:52:08 +0000

Honestly, Loopt is a HUGE let down. The commercial is better than the app.

By: gregory

gregory — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:34:17 +0000

LOOPT COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET!!

I love this service – its my personal GAYDAR. All my boys have been using it for a while now – its just wonderful. Thank you Sam for building this and I hope to see you around sometime!

By: Fred Grott

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:14:09 +0000

Mike,

What if you go the other way? Loopt’s growth has always been tempered by privacy concerns due to being able to get contacted by any one who can find you by gps,

What if its was settable, ie only by friends-on-list or all?

Sounds like I have anew feature of Xspot..:)

By: LoopLocator.com

LoopLocator.com — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:52:50 +0000

“mobile social network is all about location”.

everything on the internet and mobile is about location. some got it, some dont.

LocationExpert – find it