Applications that combine to search friends, and friends of friends, into a single service. Many companies say it is beneficial and that their apps will help people forge new connections and meet someone they perhaps should know. Here below are the new apps connect to friends nearby.
1. Kismet
2. Glancee. Curious to know who is around right now? Open the radar and discover people nearby right now!
3. Highlight. You can see when people are still nearby
4. Ban.jo
Invite your friends when they are near you.
5. Pearescope. Fixed pushed notifications, so you'll always know in realtime when there's an opportunity to connect. Available iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
6. Gauss - The People Magnet. With features Pull to refresh people searches.
7. INTRO - Business Networking. Triggered automatically as you move about the city.
8. Mingle SF. Mingle is updated in realtime, so you'll always have up-to-date information about your city's most popular spots. You can even browse photos and tweets from other people to see what each venue is really like.
9. Sonar. Ability to see Relevant People nearby, through shared friends and interests on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Foursquare.
App stores have been flooded with such tools in recent weeks. Kismet, Glancee, Highlight, Ban.jo, Meeteor, Pearescope, GetGauss, Intro, Qrious, Mingle and Sonar, hope to transform the smartphone into a social dowsing rod that delivers an alert when it detects other people nearby who share interests, friends or career goals.
The apps run quietly in the background of the phone and wait for someone else using the service to wander by. Because the app knows the locations of all its users, the software can notify people who are close by. It then checks for commonalities, like a love of Quentin Tarantino films or hidden social connections, like sharing a group of friends.
Some apps, like Highlight, even allow people to “bookmark” people they enjoyed meeting and will remind them of that interaction the next time they cross paths, even if it is a year later, in a restaurant across the country.
But these services raise the question: do people really want to be stalked or want strangers introducing themselves on the street? The creators of these services say yes, that while the proliferation of the cellphone has made it harder to strike up a conversation with another lonely drinker or solo commuter, the apps may make it easier to talk.
So what your favorite the best app?
1. Kismet
Invite your friends when they are near you.
5. Pearescope. Fixed pushed notifications, so you'll always know in realtime when there's an opportunity to connect. Available iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
6. Gauss - The People Magnet. With features Pull to refresh people searches.
7. INTRO - Business Networking. Triggered automatically as you move about the city.
8. Mingle SF. Mingle is updated in realtime, so you'll always have up-to-date information about your city's most popular spots. You can even browse photos and tweets from other people to see what each venue is really like.
9. Sonar. Ability to see Relevant People nearby, through shared friends and interests on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Foursquare.
The apps run quietly in the background of the phone and wait for someone else using the service to wander by. Because the app knows the locations of all its users, the software can notify people who are close by. It then checks for commonalities, like a love of Quentin Tarantino films or hidden social connections, like sharing a group of friends.
Some apps, like Highlight, even allow people to “bookmark” people they enjoyed meeting and will remind them of that interaction the next time they cross paths, even if it is a year later, in a restaurant across the country.
But these services raise the question: do people really want to be stalked or want strangers introducing themselves on the street? The creators of these services say yes, that while the proliferation of the cellphone has made it harder to strike up a conversation with another lonely drinker or solo commuter, the apps may make it easier to talk.
So what your favorite the best app?
