The difference between Aloqa and Loopt

How will people use location-based discover, and how Aloqa stacks up against competition "We're bringing together your whole context," said Aloqa CEO Sanjeev Agrawal, in this second segment of a four-part interview I had with him recent. Sanjeev was responding to a question I asked about the difference between Aloqa, Loopt and Google Latitude.  Aloqa, which recently raised $1.5 million in venture funding from Wellington Partners and angel investors, recommends Facebook friends around you and relevant things to do. (See the first interview, in which Sanjeev talks about how Aloqa knows what to recommend). Loopt and Google Latitude are similar.But Aloqa is more, Sanjeev suggested. Aloqa doesn't just help people discover which friends are nearby, it also recommends places to visit, events to attend and bargains to check out.  In this interview, we ... [http://vator.tv/n/a83 read more]

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• Aloqa
• Loopt
• Sanjeev
• Agrawal
• Internet
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