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Jun 16th 2008
Loopt Launches Location-Aware Developer ProgramLoopt®, a revolutionary social-mapping and communication service, today announced a powerful third-party developer program designed to bring new location-aware services to Loopt enabled devices.
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Jun 16th 2008
New Loopt Features Let Mobile Users Share Social Mapping Experience with All Their FriendsLoopt®, a revolutionary social-mapping service, today launched new features that will extend the service and allow Loopt users to share location and status messages with friends on any mobile handset or carrier.
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Jun 16th 2008
Loopt to Launch on Sprint as First-Ever Social Mapping Service on a Major U.S. CarrierLoopt® today announced the first-ever launch of a social mapping service on a major U.S. carrier. Sprint (NYSE: S) customers nationwide can now find and connect with friends using Loopt™. Loopt uses the GPS capabilities on select Sprint phones to facilitate real-world interaction between friends and put an end to frustrating missed connections. Friends are now able to share their location and status messages, send proximity-based messages and view geo-tagged photos and content on-the-go using Loopt on select Sprint phones.
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Jun 16th 2008
Loopt Poised to Emerge as a Leader among Location-based ServicesLoopt®, a revolutionary social-mapping service that is changing the way people use mobile phones to keep in touch with their friends, has been named one of the 10 wireless entertainment players to watch in 2007 by IDC, the premier global market intelligence and advisory firm in the information technology and telecommunication industries. In the "10 Emerging Entertainment Players to Watch in 2006," report issued today, IDC highlights some of the most interesting and pioneering companies in the wireless entertainment sector.
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Jun 16th 2008
Boost Mobile and Loopt Pioneer Social Mapping for Young Mobile Phone UsersBoost Mobile® and Loopt® today announced the first-of-a-kind location-based social mapping service that enables young mobile phone users to share their location, status messages, photos and other on-the-go experiences with friends from their Boost Mobile phone. Unlike other social location services, Boost Loopt, available to all Boost users on November 20, automatically updates the location of everyone in a private network of Boost customers and displays that information directly on a map on the phone.
Loopt in the News
- Jul 29th 2009 A conversation with Sam Altman, Founder and CEO of Loopt
- Jun 30th 2009 Future of the Web: Location, Location, Location
- Jun 18th 2009 The Next Google?: Loopt
- May 21th 2009 LBS apps drive higher accuracy; advertisers follow
- May 06th 2009 15 great uses for GPS on the iPhone
- May 01th 2009 Cellphone tracking services: Friend finder or Big Brother?
- Apr 09th 2009 Andy Jordan's Tech Diary: Online Hookups Get Geo-Aware.
- Apr 07th 2009 Eric Carr, Loopt: "we are definitely north of 1 million users"
- Mar 17th 2009 How To Fix The Pricing Problem for Location Based Services
- Mar 12th 2009 Loopt adds “Friends you may know” and advertisements to their iPhone app


