DEMO: Will singles use Skout Out’s kiosk for mobile dating?

DEMO: Will singles use Skout Out’s kiosk for mobile dating?

We’ve already written about Skout, a location-based dating application that recently came to the iPhone — but today at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs, it just announced a big addition to its service. That addition is the Skout Out, a kiosk of sorts for location-based dating that features a jukebox and a 42-inch plasma screen.

It’s one of the more out-there concepts I’ve seen at DEMO, and I mean that in a good way. At… Continue Reading

OSLO alliance wants to share location across networks

OSLO alliance wants to share location across networks

During the days of dial-up, instant messaging came into its own but there was one major issue: If you weren’t on the same network as a friend, you couldn’t talk to them. For example, if you were on AOL and your friend was on MSN, you would have to email one another to talk. This problem spread into instant messaging clients as we moved to broadband, and though some of the big players now talk… Continue Reading

Skout brings location-based dating to the iPhone

Skout brings location-based dating to the iPhone

There are some who view any kind of location-based social networking as creepy. But there are others who see it as the key ingredient to move online social networks into the real world. And one type of network in particular could lead the way: Dating sites. At least, that’s what Skout is hoping for with its new iPhone application.

Set to be unveiled this week at the iDate conference in Miami, Skout claims to be the… Continue Reading