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Join the Fame Game on the new Loopt Mix.

Want to be famous? Now there’s an app for that.

Loopt Mix just got a fresh new update today that enables this all new Fame Game. To play, just go out and recruit a fan base among your fellow Loopt Mix users. Those who build the biggest fan base get their names in lights with featured placement as a Mix Celeb. Download it now to play!

It’s time to figure out if you have what it takes to play and become a celebrity on the new Loopt Mix!:

To play the Fame Game on Loopt Mix, you have to lobby other members to add you as a Fan. How do you do that? People become your Fan when they add you to their Favorites so they can more easily contact you in the future. Get the update now!

Thanks to your feedback, we also made some other tweaks. There’s a new Profile tab to control your alerts (push notifications, sounds, and badges) from within the app and easily make other adjustments to your settings / profile. We’ve also made some improvements in typing performance and search. Anything else you’d like to see? Let us know with a comment.

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Loopt Mix: More Features, More Fun, New App

Loopt Mix—the service that introduces you to the people nearby that you wish you knew—is growing up! Starting today, Loopt Mix is available for the iPhone or iPod touch as its own application in the Apple App Store.

We’ve decided to make Loopt Mix a stand-alone application so that we can pack it with the features you’ve been asking us for, such as real-time, in-app chat, the ability to upload multiple photos, and much more.

Since launching Loopt Mix last year, we’ve received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Loopt community: like Brad, who found a surfing buddy on Loopt Mix, or Topher, who was reunited with a long-lost friend on Loopt Mix. Loopt Mix is a simple and fun way to connect with others nearby in the real world who share your interests. It’s ideal for those who are looking for new friends to go to events with, getting to know someone over coffee, or new to town—almost anything you can imagine.

Feature highlights include:

   

- Free messaging with people around the country on Loopt Mix!
- Browse profiles of interesting people near you.
- Real-time, in-app chat with push notifications.
- Post multiple photos and status updates to introduce yourself.
- Use likes / tags and search filters to connect in the real world.

Try it out for yourself. Go to the App Store on your iPhone or iPod touch and search “Loopt Mix.” It’s free – just create a profile to start meeting the people you wish you knew. You can click here to download it now too.

Like previous versions of Loopt Mix, we don't show you the exact location of other members of the Loopt community, just approximately how close they are. You're always in full control—you can easily change your privacy settings.

Leave a comment and let us know how you like it.

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Loopt: Always-On Location Service for the iPhone (Trial)

The world around you never stops moving so Loopt should provide you with a service that doesn’t either. You’re constantly running errands, answering calls, meeting up with friends, etc. – you need your mobile phone to update your location in real-time while you’re in motion. Loopt supports location updating via its Always-On Location Service even when you’re not running the Loopt application on many platforms and our users love it. That’s why we’re excited to announce that Loopt is providing this separate, optional Always-On Location Service for the iPhone^TM to provide you with information on the “now” as well as the “here”.

This is the first service for the iPhone^TM to do this – Loopt continues to push the boundaries of location technologies to provide you with the best experiences possible. Always-on location is incredibly valuable because it gives you and your friends highly relevant, actionable information. We are confident you’ll enjoy the experience it offers.

We will provide this separate Always-On Location Service to a limited set of Loopt users on a trial basis in order to help test-drive it. If you’re interested in applying to join the trial, click here. We can only grant access to 5,000 of you, so get going. If you’re admitted into the trial, we’ll make sure some of your friends that also apply get in as well. Just e-mail blog@loopt.com with their e-mail addresses.

p.s. - Please let us know about your experience by sending your comments, ideas, and questions to feedback@loopt.com. Keep in touch with us because we need your feedback to continue to improve our service.

Alabama’s Cool Journal Widget

Alabama is a radio personality in Lansing, Michigan for 97.5 NOW FM’s afternoon show. She does a lot of appearances for the radio station around town at grand openings, concerts, etc., and she uses Loopt to show her listeners what she’s up to. She says, “Loopt gives my listeners easy access to me and is absolutely great for promoting my radio station and show. It is great for interaction with my listeners - besides just hearing about events on air, it shows them where I am and what the event looks like. I think Loopt is more personal than just talking about an event on the radio.”

You can share your Loopt Journal with any of your friends on your web sites, blogs, or social networks with the Loopt Journal Widget too. To create a Journal Widget, just log-in to your Loopt account online at loopt.com, and click on the “Get your Journal Widget” link to get started. You can also go here to create and place your Loopt Journal Widget (it’s as easy as copying and pasting).

If you think you have a cool Loopt Journal Widget, e-mail us at blog@loopt.com and we’ll share it here!

Glenn’s Cool Journal Widget

Glenn is a real estate agent, so he’s always running around town (Owensboro, Kentucky) to show properties to his clients. The Loopt Journal Widget featured on his MySpace page helps him out, “I have been a big fan of Loopt as it not only allows me to photograph my home showings, add detailed information, but gives a quick map to where the listing is located.” Check it out: http://www.myspace.com/glennashby.

You can share your Loopt Journal with any of your friends on your web sites, blogs, or social networks with the Loopt Journal Widget too. To create a Journal Widget, just log-in to your Loopt account online at loopt.com, and click on the “Get your Journal Widget” link to get started. You can also go here to create and place your Loopt Journal Widget (it’s as easy as copying and pasting). If you think you have a cool Loopt Journal Widget, e-mail us at blog@loopt.com and we’ll share it here!

Share Loopt Updates on Facebook

We just launched Facebook Connect for Loopt! Just log-in to your Loopt account online via loopt.com and select “Go here to setup your Facebook link” to get started.

With FB Connect for Loopt, you’ll be able to quickly and easily post status updates to Facebook from Loopt that include photos and locations. First, click on the FB Connect icon to link your Loopt to Facebook. Select whether you want to update your status and/or publish to your feed and follow the steps for each. Make sure to click on the “Save Changes” button once you’re done to enable FB Connect integration.

Congrats – now your status or feed updates on Facebook will be more interesting and pretty like the one below.

If your friends click on the photo or location tile, they’ll be able to view the location of your update on a map in a separate page. They can also enjoy viewing a full-size version of the photo you attached.

It doesn’t stop there though. Some cool additions that you can look forward to with Loopt-FB Connect integration include the ability to add your Facebook friends to your Loopt network and uploading geo-tagged Loopt photos to your Facebook photo albums.

You’ll eventually be able to link your Loopt to Facebook straight from Loopt on your mobile phone but, for now, go to loopt.com and log-in to your Loopt account on your browser to enable FB Connect integration.

How do you like Loopt-FB Connect integration – any ideas or suggestions? Leave us a comment and let us know.

p.s. – While you’re at it, fan the Loopt page on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Loopt/8276514389

Loopt-Twitter Linkage: Food

Mmmm. Food is yummy. Sometimes it’s so yummy that you want to share it with others. But, if they’re not around to actually enjoy it, the next best thing is sharing it via Loopt-Twitter link. Here are some of our favorites:

Did you know that you can use Loopt to update your Twitter status? You can choose to include pictures and locations on your updates to Twitter as well. If you want to enable Loopt-Twitter integration, just log-in to your Loopt account online at www.loopt.com and click on the Twitter icon to get started.

What are your favorite dishes or places to eat? Leave us your comments with links from your Loopt tweets!

Wall Street Journal’s Cool Journal Widget

Andy Jordan, a tech reporter from the Wall Street Journal, is on a cross-country trip to highlight people, communities, and companies at the forefront of the economic stimulus and conversion to a greener economy. He’s driving a hybrid car from New York to the ECO:Nomics conference in California. The Loopt Journal Widget below is featured on his American Journey blog to track his adventures and he says “it’s worked beautifully.” Read more about his trip at: http://blogs.wsj.com/american-journey.

You can share your Loopt Journal with any of your friends on your blogs or social networks with the Loopt Journal Widget too. To create a Journal Widget, just log-in to your Loopt account online at loopt.com, and click on the “Get your Journal Widget” link to get started. You can also go here to create and place your Loopt Journal Widget (it’s as easy as copying and pasting).

If you think you have a cool Loopt Journal Widget, e-mail us at blog@loopt.com and we’ll share it here!

Loopt Mix in Action: Matchin’ (Valentine's Day Edition)

If you have Loopt on your iPhone, check out Loopt Mix. Loopt Mix allows you to connect with other members of the Loopt community nearby who share common interests and affiliations. We asked Loopt Mix users to share their best Loopt Mix story with us - here's what Jeff had to say:

 

 

“I turned on Loopt Mix and, within about two hours, I had a coffee date and we're pretty much smitten with one another. I deleted my Match.com $40/month membership and told them that Loopt helped me achieve in 1 hour what I had been paying Match.com hundreds of dollars to do. Anyways, I'm just so happy I'm telling everyone about Loopt.”

If you have an entertaining Loopt Mix story, e-mail it to us at blog@loopt.com and we'll share it here!

p.s. - It's not too late to find your Valentine's Day date on Loopt Mix!

iPhone Loopt Not-So-Secrets: Directions

If you’re an avid Loopt iPhone user, you’re probably quite familiar with the core features - Friend Map, Friend List, and Share What’s Up. To enhance your Loopt experience, we’re highlighting some of our lesser known features this month:

Get directions to a friend

Instead of typing in starting and ending addresses to find the route to a friend, a few taps on Loopt shows you where you want to go. On your Friend List, click on the friend you are meeting up with, tap “More” at the top of their journal, and now choose “Directions” on the actions screen. This will take you to Google Maps which provides you with directions from your location to theirs. Super fast!

 

What do you think of the directions feature? If you already knew about, let us know how you’ve used it – entertaining stories are always appreciated. Leave us your comments!