FireChat

Check out how Firechat can be used at Burning Man!! http://thenextweb.com/socialmedi...

There have been several hyper-local chat apps posted on Product Hunt in the past few months. Here are a few: - Bubble - http://www.bubblechatapp.com, http://www.producthunt.co/posts/... added by @syedaliahmed - Popcorn Messaging - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/..., http://www.producthunt.co/posts/... added by @mutlu82 - Ripple - http://ripplechat.io, http://www.producthunt.co/posts/... added by @mutlu82 - Breakr - http://getbreakr.com, http://www.producthunt.co/posts/... added by myself cc @citizenglish @Popcorn_Ryan @Nivo0o0

@ezrasuki lol good point about when everyone came up with this idea. It's one of the personal projects I started but haven't finished. Glad someone else made it.

Here's an interesting article about iOS7, FireChat, the Multipeer Connectivity Framework and why it's so important for the future http://www.cultofmac.com/271225/...

Hong Kong protesters are giving this relevance. Huge adoption during yesterday's pro-democracy protest.

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Interesting idea @Nivo0o0 and I met yesterday and chatted about this type of connection. Pretty cool! Excited to see the ideas coming out of this space.