SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Student Gracinia Lim has made new friends thanks to mobile phone software that alerts her to compatible people nearby. She is an early customer of a service in Singapore called BEDD that uses Bluetooth wireless communications to scan strangers' phones for their personal profiles. The application joins a swelling number of Internet and mobile phone based services that offer to widen people's social networks. ..."People spend tons of money at dating and matchmaking agencies or on personal ads -- for a small amount of money, this software could help change their lives," Carlton said. (57c / month)
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What's Bluetooth again? America is a few steps behind the mark on this. We're not even using Bluetooth headsets yet! Still, it's worthwhile taking a look into the future on this one. Definitely a cool idea.
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Jun 23, 2004 at 01:19 PM