Locle - cell phone software for location-based mobile social networking -- social compass http://locle.com/wordpress Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:14:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Locle website relaunched http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/locle-website-relaunched/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/locle-website-relaunched/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:34:41 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=25 We’ve got a brand spanking new website at www.locle.com.

It was designed by Jet Design (www.jet.ie) and re-architected with Agile Technologies (www.agiletech.ie).

Just need to work out how to change the template on this Wordpress blog to match.

New Locle Website

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/locle-website-relaunched/feed/ Locle launches with Eircom http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/locle-launches-with-eircom/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/locle-launches-with-eircom/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:23:50 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=23 We launched into public beta with our first white-label licensee, Eirom - the Irish incumbent telco.

Try Locle for Eircom from your PC at http://eircom.locle.com or from your mobile phone at http://m.locle.com

John Kennedy from Silicon Republic did a feature for the Independent newspaper:

http://www.independent.ie/business/technology/eircom-pursues-8216locle8217-approach-to-social-media-1499765.html

Pieter and Ronan from Locle

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/17/locle-launches-with-eircom/feed/ Locle nominated for Internet Vision Award. Vote for us! http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-nominated-for-internet-vision-award-vote-for-us/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-nominated-for-internet-vision-award-vote-for-us/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:45:13 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=22 The Irish Internet Association Internet Visionary Awards nominated Locle in the “Best Use of Social Media” category.  Voting is open to the public, so why not show us your support?

http://www.iia.ie/net-visionary/vote/19

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-nominated-for-internet-vision-award-vote-for-us/feed/ Locle in the Sunday Times http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-in-the-sunday-times/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-in-the-sunday-times/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:24:02 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=21 An article in the Sunday times on GPS, mobile location and postcodes references Locle’s GPS-free geo-positioning in the context of finding friends nearby for a quick coffee.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article4837446.ece

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/locle-in-the-sunday-times/feed/ Locle nominated for Best New Web Application at IWA 2008 http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/locle-nominated-for-best-new-web-application-at-iwa-2008/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/locle-nominated-for-best-new-web-application-at-iwa-2008/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:42:13 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=20 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 :-)

http://awards.ie/webawards/2008/09/long-list%e2%80%9cbest-new-web-applicationservice%e2%80%9d-category/

Irish Web Awards 2008

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/locle-nominated-for-best-new-web-application-at-iwa-2008/feed/ Locle’s Market $3.3 Billion by 2013 http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locles-market-worth-33-billion-by-2013/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locles-market-worth-33-billion-by-2013/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:27:25 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=18 “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…”

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/location-based-mobile-social-networking-generate/story.aspx?guid=%7BEB8AA8E4-0783-4F3C-BC2D-9CBF7B10FFE4%7D&dist=hppr 

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locles-market-worth-33-billion-by-2013/feed/ Locify not like Locle http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locify-not-like-locle/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locify-not-like-locle/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:33:55 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=16 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/

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/locify-not-like-locle/feed/ Guardian UK thinks Location’s time has finally come http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/guardian-uk-thinks-locations-time-has-finally-come/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/guardian-uk-thinks-locations-time-has-finally-come/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:42:27 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/guardian-uk-thinks-locations-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

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/guardian-uk-thinks-locations-time-has-finally-come/feed/ Tech Blogger Damian Mulley’s Twitter on Locle http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/tech-blogger-damian-mulleys-twitter-on-locle/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/tech-blogger-damian-mulleys-twitter-on-locle/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:48:20 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=17 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.”

http://twitter.com/damienmulley/statuses/867003907

]]> http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/24/tech-blogger-damian-mulleys-twitter-on-locle/feed/ Locle Joins SkyHook Wireless European Push http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/14/locle-joins-skyhook-wireless-european-push/ http://locle.com/wordpress/2008/07/14/locle-joins-skyhook-wireless-european-push/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:00:14 +0000 ronanhigg http://locle.com/wordpress/?p=6 Locle joins a select group of European location-based mobile services to leverage the power of SkyHook Wireless Wi-Fi Positioning System for smartphones and the upcoming XPS hybrid positioning system. SkyHook’s Wireless is the technology behind the award winning iPhone Maps’ positioning system. Locle will integrate the SkyHook wireless system into both Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 versions of the Locle mobile client software, for phones that do not have GPS but do have Wi-Fi.

http://www.skyhookwireless.com/press/skyhookeurope.php

 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/07/14/skyhook-launches-in-europe/

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