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Locle nominated for Best New Web Application at IWA 2008
Locle has been nominated for the 2008 Irish Web Awards in the category of Best New Web Application/Service. Not bad for an application in closed beta 
Locle’s Market $3.3 Billion by 2013
“Location-based mobile social networking revenues will reach $3.3 billion by 2013, but successful business models may differ from what many observers expect,” says ABI Research principal analyst Dominique Bonte. “While location-based advertising integrated with sophisticated algorithms holds a lot of promise, the current reality rather points to licensing and revenue-sharing models as the way forward for social networking start-ups to grow their customer base and reach profitability…”
Locify not like Locle
Mike Butcher of TechCrunch UK reviews Manchester-based Locify and compares them to Dublin-based Locle.
“It reminds me slightly of the Irish Locle startup, a new mobile application that lets users see where their friends and family are without the need for GPS or mobile network operator location based services. However, Locle is much more social in that it integrates with social application platforms such as Facebook, Bebo and MySpace to bring social networking functionality to the phone. Locify is much more of a platform.”
We agree
http://uk.techcrunch.com/2008/07/30/locify-makes-mobiles-location-aware/
Guardian UK thinks Location’s time has finally come
“…The spread of social networks will enable you to see where your friends from Facebook or LinkedIn are (if they give permission) and for friends and family to follow you…”
“New services include … Locle.com, which will use Loki to show where your friends are on social networks.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jul/24/mobilephones.wifi
Tech Blogger Damian Mulley’s Twitter on Locle
Damian Mulley, technology blogger and influencer with 775 Twitter followers says:
“Got a demo of Locle. Fantastic idea and it’s running. I know yeah, something that’s not vapourware! Nice one Pieter and Ronan.”
