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Mappyfriends announcing Android and iPhone apps

Peter Verkooijen — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:18:57 +0000

Location-based recommendations network MappyFriends is planning to launch mobile Android and iPhone applications later this Summer. Dutch founder Philip Hordijk arrived in New York, via Buenos Aires, six weeks ago. “Dutch people are risk averse,” Hordijk says, visiting Blenderbox‘ Rooftop Tech Talks.

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Xtify is ‘not a Foursquare, Gowalla play’

Peter Verkooijen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:17:28 +0000

MeetMoi spin-off Xtify offers an SDK that lets developers integrate geo-targeted messaging into mobile applications. ‘We need to work out the issues of all this fragmentation,’ says CEO Josh Rochlin. ‘Noone truly yet gets it.’

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YHIW targeting the ticket vertical

Peter Verkooijen — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:29:50 +0000

Real-time matching engine YouHaveIWant positions itself as an intelligent alternative to Craigslist and eBay. Founder Vikash Panda explains how YHIW plans to build up its user base.

Foursquare on future of hyperlocal

Peter Verkooijen — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:22:47 +0000

Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley was one of the panelists late August at a Future of Hyperlocal City Guides discussion, along with Prximity, Buzzd and Mapcidy. Crowley previously founded Dodgeball, which Google ‘left out to die’.

CyberSynchs offers univeral mobile synching

Peter Verkooijen — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:35:04 +0000

CyberSynchs is a new smartphone data backup service. Founder Amos Winbush built a team of ten people to realize his vision. ‘When you have a service people believe in, they’ll sign on board with you.’