"I'm here now!": BBC's first location based service experiment for the Radio 1's Big Weekend audience.

FYI

In BBC - The BBC Radio Blog: "I'm here now!": BBC's first location based service experiment for the Radio 1's Big Weekend audience.
At http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio/2011/05/im_here_now_bbcs_first_locatio.html

audience to say "I'm here now" to their friends 
while watching their favourite artists throughout 
the day. The key thing is that they have to be 
present at a stage to check in. 

So why are we doing this? This is an experiment to 
help the BBC explore privacy issues around Check 
Ins and ask whether the technology can enhance our 
audiences' experience of similar events. By using 
the latest mobile location technology, Facebook 
Places and a bit of web design, we've built a 
prototype that let's our audience share the 
experience with their family and friends in a way 
in which they're used to. We decided to use 
Facebook Places because we believe most of the 
audience at the event will have an account.


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Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/
Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software

Received on Friday, 6 May 2011 23:18:41 UTC