Loopt: Linking A Social Network To The Real World

Just in time for the release of the iPhone, comes Loopt, one of the latest applications to take advantage of location technology and apply it toward social networking. Balancing cell id, wi-fi/gps, and a web based interface, Loopt tells you the location of your friends, mashing it up with a map for easy discovery. This sounds like a lot, and it is. Billing itself as a "social compass," Loopt offers many of the features we've come to expect from a social network (texting, blogging, IM), yet its the map and positioning mashup that puts this social network in a class of its own. Read More »