RSSNearbySocial: Find Facebook users nearby you
Categories: facebook, social networking
Written By: Vardaan
NearbySocial is new Facebook download application via one can track other people using facebook nearby him or her and here ‘nearby’ means geographical proximity for e.g. in cafeteria, in college library or in office premise.
Its actually a software application that uses the ubiquitous Wi-Fi signal and show profiles of interesting nearby Facebook users, apparently in real time. Once you keep Nearby Social running all day and it will also allow you a summary view on people seen in the Nearby Social Facebook Application.
In its own term the application can be described as – “bridging online social network plethora with presence to create serendipitous face-to-face encounters”. By using the NearbySocial app one can see and get notified of near by Facebook users, get their current location and chat with emoticons.
The downloadable app provide full support to Windows XP and Vista clients and moreover also anticipating different smart-phones porting to platforms like iPhone and Windows Mobile.
May 17th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Facebook’s this effort is a welcome measure and real great utility with exponential impact on social networking scenero.
May 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I liked the slides a lot :)
The overall idea is nice…there seem to be so many apps coming out these days which integrate social networking with presence ( Loopt, Google Latitude etc…sort of)
I just feel that this might get a little uncomfortable at times…but then this app. is probably not meant for people like me…
May 20th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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