Kakiloc marries social networks and location based services. Via handsets and via a web portal, it allows you to broadcast your location, and find the locations of your closest friends. It’s jammed full of features like reminders, and rules that allow you to specify things like “When my girlfriend is within one kilometer, let me know”, so you can grab lunch together… and, like LinkedIn, it includes friend of friend capabilities, so that you can be notified when there are people nearby who might be interesting to meet. Kakiloc envisions this capability being used at tradeshows, for instance.Â
Cool, with lots of potential.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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