http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/12/02/beyond-where-kakiloc-at-barcamp-ottawa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-where-kakiloc-at-barcamp-ottawa An outcome-driven leader, proven technology product developer, and marketer with over 20 years of hands-on experience including start-up, small and large business environments, and the board room. This is my blog. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:15:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.saunderslog.com/2006/12/02/beyond-where-kakiloc-at-barcamp-ottawa/#comment-4050 Maple Leaf 2.0 - Where are You? I’m Here, Kakiloc Sat, 23 Dec 2006 13:28:51 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2006/12/02/beyond-where-kakiloc-at-barcamp-ottawa/#comment-4050 [...] Alec Saunders recently attended BarCamp in Ottawa, and came away impressed with a start-up called Kakiloc, which he describes as something that “marries social networks and location based services”. Using Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, the Ottawa-based start-up lets people broadcast their locations (longitude and latitude) to friends and family through a computer or mobile devices. Kakiloc looks to among a growing number of companies trying to capitalize on the growing interest in GPS technology among consumers. The mobile market is particularly fertile as more consumers subscribe to location-based services. Last month, Sprint Nextel rolled out a friend-tracking service call Boost, while Helio launched Buddy Beacon. Kakiloc looks like an interesting “feature” that could prove useful to wireless carriers looking to attract young consumers, and/or a social networking site that wants to build customer loyalty. Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner [...] [...] Alec Saunders recently attended BarCamp in Ottawa, and came away impressed with a start-up called Kakiloc, which he describes as something that “marries social networks and location based services”. Using Google Maps and Yahoo Maps, the Ottawa-based start-up lets people broadcast their locations (longitude and latitude) to friends and family through a computer or mobile devices. Kakiloc looks to among a growing number of companies trying to capitalize on the growing interest in GPS technology among consumers. The mobile market is particularly fertile as more consumers subscribe to location-based services. Last month, Sprint Nextel rolled out a friend-tracking service call Boost, while Helio launched Buddy Beacon. Kakiloc looks like an interesting “feature” that could prove useful to wireless carriers looking to attract young consumers, and/or a social networking site that wants to build customer loyalty. Subscribe to RSS headline updates from: Powered by FeedBurner [...]

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