Echoecho is a location-based mobile application that wants to make it easier for you to locate your friends, family members and colleagues in the real world. Echoecho only tries to get you the answer to one straightforward question: Where are you? Unlike other location-based application, echoecho doesn't force you to constantly broadcast your own location. Instead, the application takes the opposite route. Instead of telling people where you are, you ask others where they are. You could use echoecho to check where your children are, for example, or simply to meet up with your friend without having to give a long and complicated description of where exactly they can find you.
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Echoecho is compatible with the iPhone (iTunes link), Android, Nokia Symbian, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile. The service offers apps and push notifications for all of these platforms.
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Nick Bicanic, the CEO of Purpose Wireless, the company behind echoecho, told us that he came up with the idea for echoecho because he was tired of signing up to location-based social networks, just to find that none of his friends were on there anyway. Instead, Bicanic decided to harness the power of the social network that is already build into every phone: the address book. Thanks to this, you don't have to sign up for a new social network if you want to use/> [...]
In the grand scheme of things, this news seems a bit insignificant in light of other current events However, it is significant in the world of Social Media. As mainstream audiences embrace new media, every subtle nuance introduced from here on out reverberates across the social landscapes that define, shape, and dictate its evolution and its pace of adoption.
Today, Twitter changed it’s “update’ button to a verb that will only gain in prominence, “Tweet.”
Thanks to good friend @Orli for her observation and also for capturing the screenshot.
It should be noted, that Twitter has applied to trademark “Tweet” and that process is still ongoing.
This is the second recent change in the culture and language of Twitter, with the first, rewording the prompt that triggered or shaped your updates, well, now Tweets. Originally Twitter asked, “What are you doing?” Now, you’re prompted by “What’s happening?” Again, subtle…but profound. As I’ve always believed, Twitter has always asked the wrong question and suggested that it change over time to continually inspire creativity, deep thought, profound statements and observations in addition to everyday status and conversations.
If any organization knows how to innovate, it's Google; this week alone, the company discussed phones that would translate languages in real time, unveiled a Street View snowmobile, and announced its intention to test ultra high-speed broadband networks. It may make sense, then, that CEO Eric Schmidt has tried to address America's "innovation deficit."
Schmidt wrote an editorial for The Washington Post, and in it, outlined five ways to address said deficit. (Schmidt also noted that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke coined the term.) All of his suggestions were rather interesting.
First, Schmidt stated, "[S]tart-ups and smaller businesses must be able to compete on equal terms with their larger rivals. . . . Congress should ensure that every bill it passes promotes competition over protecting the interests of incumbents."
He then recommended tolerating failure as long as something can be learned from it, and on a related note, extending a research and development tax credit.
Next, the CEO wrote, "[I]nformation must become even more open and accessible." Schmidt put forward the idea of government-funded research being made public through a Wikipedia-like resource, and asked the government support broadband, too.
Lastly, he stressed, "[W]e need to hang on to talented people. The best and brightest from around the world come to study at U.S. universities. After graduation, they are forced to leave because they can't get visas. It's ridiculous to export such talent to our competition."
At least a couple of these ideas are sure to prove controversial.&nbs/> [...]
Augmented reality browser Layar recently launched it's v3 publishing site chock full of developer tools. The launch signifies more than 1000 active developers being given the chance to showcase their 3rd party applications. By exposing this immersive platform to outsiders, the company is solidifying its title as a pioneer in the "future of augmented reality". In a recent blog post Layar outlined 5 cases to demonstrate the power of the platform. In addition to some of the company's earlier 3rd party releases, below are some of our favorite layars.
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1. Civic Projects and Politics: A Netherlands-based Provast created a layar where users can see the final plans for the currently unfinished construction of the Markthal Rotterdam. Meanwhile developer Andree Toonk worked with NetKnowledge.ca on a slightly more political project. His layar gives information on all of the projects that receive funding from the Canadian government as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan.
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Echoecho is a location-based mobile application that wants to make it easier for you to locate your friends, family members and colleagues in the real world. Echoecho only tries to get you the answer to one straightforward question: Where are you? Unlike other location-based application, echoecho doesn't force you to constantly broadcast your own location. Instead, the application takes the opposite route. Instead of telling people where you are, you ask others where they are. You could use echoecho to check where your children are, for example, or simply to meet up with your friend without having to give a long and complicated description of where exactly they can find you.
Nick Bicanic, the CEO of Purpose Wireless, the company behind echoecho, told us that he came up with the idea for echoecho because he was tired of signing up to location-based social networks, just to find that none of his friends were on there anyway. Instead, Bicanic decided to harness the power of the social network that is already build into every phone: the address book. Thanks to this, you don't have to sign up for a new social network if you want to use/> 
Schmidt wrote an editorial for The Washington Post, and in it, outlined five ways to address said deficit. (Schmidt also noted that Commerce Secretary Gary Locke coined the term.) All of his suggestions were rather interesting.
Augmented reality browser Layar recently launched it's v3 publishing site chock full of developer tools. The launch signifies more than 1000 active developers being given the chance to showcase their 3rd party applications. By exposing this immersive platform to outsiders, the company is solidifying its title as a pioneer in the "future of augmented reality". In a recent blog post Layar outlined 5 cases to demonstrate the power of the platform. In addition to some of the company's earlier 3rd party releases, below are some of our favorite layars. 
