TechCrunch: Mobile Social Networks Lack Presence Detection

TechCrunch blogger Michael Arrington posted a solid analysis of the mobile social networking market. He said that all of the big players, while having unique features here and there, lack an essential component: physical presence detection.

“This is the Holy Grail of mobile social networking, and one of the main reasons for taking the networks off the desktop/laptop environment in the first place,” Arrington said. “Imagine walking into a meeting, classroom, party, bar, subway station, airplane, etc.

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