After attempts at humorously fake “news” stories last week, here’s something a bit safer!
EncountMe is a new LBS iPhone app intended to add a little spice to daily life, socially and professionally. Released free on iTunes recently, it’s shows you other users in your vicinity. This makes it easier to discover similar people — people working in the same industry, for example — and seek them out in the station or on the train.
More than just for checking if your friends are hanging out nearby, it’s supposed to be about information-sharing and exchanging profiles. In much the way that people or companies have used blogs or other digital content to show their skills and knowledge, EncountMe means you can become a kind of walking advertisement for your business or abilities.
Fear not, you can disable it when you don’t want to be running into other people and, my favorite part, it even lets you block certain users so you can hide from the folks you’d rather not meet! We’ve all encountered that sort of person before…
The creators of EncountMe, Kayac, often produce these fun kinds of apps, which sometimes venture into the realm of the bizarre.
Earlier this month saw the release of mixi app Unko Enzan, which literally translates as “Poo Arithmetic”: it helps school students learn mathematics…through counting poo! And last year we spotted this very tongue-in-cheek Halls Eater, which has cute girls “holding” out candy for you on your iPhone or iPad screen. You can use your fingers to “eat” the sweet…or even your lips like this enthusiastic gentleman in the video below.
Kayac were also partly behind the Yurex leg shakes-counting machine from a couple of years ago.
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