PHILLY MAG - Feb 17 - Phone apps like Grindr have really changed the way gay men are meeting up and, in many cases, hooking up. Grindr is by far the most widely-used GPS-based gay hookup, in part, to its availablity on iPhone, iPad and Blackberry. It won the iDate Award for Best Mobile Dating Site last month. Following the receipt of the iDate award, founder and president Joel Simkhai announced that his company, Nearby Buddy Finder is using the established and successful model to launch a site geared toward straight women in coming months. The straight version will include more information about members (like occupation) and it’ll be more searchable and less stripped-down, meeting the demands set by straight women. FULL ARTICLE @ PHILLY MAG
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Buddy Beacon was the first such service, which ran on the now defunct MVNO, Helio. Great phones, lousy all-in pricing plans. RIP.
Posted by: Mark Brooks | Feb 21, 2011 at 07:14 AM
Hay muchas aplicaciones como Grindr que resultan más útiles... GayBox por ejemplo tiene una interfaz mucho más trabajada y más detalles en el perfil.
También hay Zenkiu (http://www.zenkiu.net) que incluye alertas por proximidad con otros usuarios, o navegación GPS para llegar a las citas...
Grindr puede tener el mérito de ser una de las primeras aplicaciones, pero creo yo que ya ha quedado un poco obsoleta.
Posted by: Carlos | Sep 30, 2011 at 04:53 AM
There're many apps like Grindr... Zenkiu (http://www.zenkiu.net) it's more powerful as features alerts by proximity, or GayBox has a wonderful interface with many options... Imho Grindr was, maybe, the 1st, but it shouldn't be used as a "reference" app as many other are, at this moment, better or, at least, more convenient to use.
Posted by: Carlos | Sep 30, 2011 at 04:53 AM