From DSC:
Wow!
The two apps listed below could represent a new, major, door-opening concept! Such a concept could usher in an era that provides many new affordances — affordances made possible by the presence of beacon-related technologies (or similar machine-to-machine communications). If this is/becomes the case, we should expect to see a whole new wave of this kind of application, especially as wearables gain traction.
This startup is using iBeacon to make In Real Life (IRL) networking more efficient — from technical.ly by A pair of Amazon and Fab.com alums are working on a new way to answer the age-old question:
“Who should I meet here and are they relevant to my background?”
Excerpt:
We’ve all been frustrated by the notion of networking. You walk into a meetup full of people you don’t know, but you do know something about them. Say, for example, it’s a meetup of developers. You know that lots of people there are devs, but what kind? And just because it’s an Android devs meetup, for example, that doesn’t mean that’s what they all actually do. It also doesn’t mean that there aren’t a bunch of other people circulating who are simply trying to network but aren’t actually developers.
The best you can do is start walking up to people and asking — but often your pick is a miss. If you have an objective when you go networking, how can you improve your chances of finding the people you want to find? One startup that’s working on a solution is Surf Labs. The new, two-person company, cofounded by Amazon and Fab.com alums, has released two iOS products that could make it more likely that you will find the person you are looking for.
Surf Labs’ first product is called LiNK…and their second product is called LiNK Spaces.
A rendering of how a LiNK Spaces dashboard could work in a coworking space.
(Image courtesy of Surf Labs)
Addendum on 3/16/15:
