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Buddy Beacon 2.0 Launches Facebook and iPhone Apps, Reaches Multiple Carriers [Friend Finder]

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2008-02-13 09:59:08 by Addy Dugdale in Gizmodo
...Beacon, the friend-finding service so beloved by Helio users, is to widen its circle of friends, as of today. As well as being available on multiple carriers (which means that you and your mates don't need to share the same mobile provider) version 2.0 includes applications for Facebook and iPhone, which will allow users to stalk each other...
 
 
 
 
 
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uLocate Communications Enhances and Extends Buddy Beacon Functionality

2008-02-15 10:13:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...Beacon, uLocate Communications introduced the worlds most advanced location enabled mobile friend finding service. With Buddy Beacon, users can choose when to share their location, and what they are up to, with their friends. Buddy Beacon is the first location enabled friend finding application that is interoperable between multiple carriers...
 
 
 
 
 
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Garmin and uLocate Team up for Buddy Beacon

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2008-08-19 21:57:00 by Scott Martin in GPS Lodge
...Beacon is a nice reapplication of a good idea. Now you just have to get past the privacy concerns Full press release follows Via ComputerWorld uLocate Communications, the world's leading developer of location enabled applications, announces an agreement with Garmin to add friend-finding capabilities to select current and future Garmin GPS...
 
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon Goes 2.0, Gets Facebook Application

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2008-02-13 15:05:22 by Luke Anderson in OhGizmo!
...Beacon. Ive been using Helio for a while, and its pretty cool to be able to look up my friends and see where theyre at. Anyway, uLocate (the guys behind Buddy Beacon) are rolling out a new version of the software today First up, Buddy Beacon will soon be available on a variety of networks, instead of being a Helio exclusive. This new alone is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon Goes 2.0, Gets Facebook Application

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2008-02-13 15:05:22 by Administrator in Oblingo!
...Beacon. Ive been using Helio for a while, and its pretty cool to be able to look up my friends and see where theyre at. Anyway, uLocate (the guys behind Buddy Beacon) are rolling out a new version of the software today First up, Buddy Beacon will soon be available on a variety of networks, instead of being a Helio exclusive. This new alone is...
 
 
 
 
 
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Personal Locator Beacon

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2008-04-14 00:54:09 by Edwin in Coolest Gadgets
...Beacon is one interesting gizmo as it targets those who tend to live life to the extreme, going about their duties with a variety of outdoor activities such as four-wheel driving, boating, camping, off-road motorcycling and even snowmobiling. Unfortunately, such activity is often accompanied by a wider range of risks, including breaking a...
 
 
 
 
 
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Helio sells off Buddy Beacon name to uLocate

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2008-01-10 23:47:29 by willpark in IntoMobile
...Beacon trademark is unclear, but it seems that Helio has done just that. The Buddy Beacon trademark has been sold off to uLocate, the company that provides the national buddy-finding service The move could mark the entry of the friend-location service into other carrier-markets. We could see uLocate take Buddy Beacon to other national...
 
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon comes to more networks, becomes useful

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2008-02-13 15:10:16 by HASH0x8b20a38 in DVICE
...Beacon, the program that has allowed Helio cell phone owners to find each other via GPS on compatible phones, is now expanding its reach to people outside of Helios network. Soon to be available on a variety of networks, Buddy Beacon is about to get a lot more useful when thousands more people get the ability to use it In addition, the new...
 
 
 
 
 
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Buddy Beacon expands beyond Helio to other carriers, iPhone, and Facebook

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2008-02-13 20:07:37 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear
...Beacon. Using the phones integrated GPS, you can use it to update your friends as to where you are, and request they do the same. The downside is they all had to be Helio members But Helio sold Buddy Beacon to uLocate, whos expanding the application to Sprint, Boost, Alltel, Metro PCS and the iPhone, while keeping it in the Helio family Whats...