Here’s details of what’s known as a Proximity Platform from Rococo Software (Ireland) . The dev team tells us about it… Developers can use LocalSocial to build proximity-enabled applications that can react when near to a person, device or business of interest… whether you’re using NFC, WiFi or Bluetooth, it should be simple for the developer to use proximity in their applications. A quick background on highlights on LocalSocial:
– Developers can register, get the LocalSocial libraries, track analytics, use Tags, social integration, and more
– Libraries are available for J2ME and Android – more to follow
– Support for WiFi and Bluetooth, NFC to follow
– Analytics provide views on scans, devices, location and more
– Tag API provides a flexible “overlay” for developers to associate any information they want with the devices “seen” by their apps
– Two small showcase apps in the Android market (Tagster and Dowser) – feel free to download and try out
– We also have built two other showcase apps *not* on the market yet – for loyalty/ local deals for businesses / customers
– These apps are called NearBuyers (there’s a store one, and a customer one) – you can download from the showcase area on the site
– The NearBuyers apps are intended to be white labelled, and act as a good starting point for discussion with retail / digital agencies / proximity marketers
– End users and Developers can find out about LocalSocial at : www.mylocalsocial.com