Facebook’s entry in location-based social networking is foreseen and acquisition of NextStop is just going to hasten its nearing fate.
The startup, launched in early 2009, was best known for its HTML5 mobile web site that displayed media posted online, based on the location.
NextStop was started by a couple of ex-Googlers, Carl Sjogreen and Adrian Graham, who were brains behind Google Calender, Google Groups and Picasa. The site came out of the idea of finding interesting things to do, and places to visit at an unfamiliar location. It featured short, positive recommendations, with photos, maps, and factual information about all the places in their system.
According to NextStop’s post, nextstop.com will be shut down on Sept. 1, 2010 and whatever recommendations have been posted can be downloaded using proper export tools. Large user base of Facebook was given as the primary reason for change.
..we believe it’s an opportunity for some of the ideas behind nextstop to reach Facebook’s audience of more than 400 million users and have a much bigger impact on the world than we could on our own..
What can be expected of this change?
The suspense around Facebook’s location feature has further mystified. Will the location based products, contain images and recommendations? Or will it give features like tagging pictures based on locations?
These are mere speculations, but yesterday’s event makes it something to keep an eye upon.
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