Awhile back, Microsoft and several larger companies started promising local information could be sent to your mobile phone using ‘location-based’ computing. The premise was that a business traveler could immediately get off a plane, then with their mobile phone, find the ATM machine, the taxi rank, find a restaurant, a hotel, and so on. But whatever happened to signs that point to the ATM machine, or just going to the information booth? What’s missing from this picture? Local knowledge is missing.
When you talk with the person at the information …

Meetmoi.com is the latest in mobile based dating, where you can use your cel phone to notify you when you’re near someone that matches a profile you’re looking for.
Meetmoi.com isn’t a new concept, in fact a Japanese manufacturer produced a small egg sized device back in the late 90’s that you could program with a very simple profile, and take it with you to a bar or a public place. If you got close to someone that was interested in that profile, the device would light up, make a …