Tag: roamz

Social media is not all about Facebook or even Google+. It has a lot of legs. Still. Take a look at Jedo, whose motto is: Revolutionise how we socialise. The Melbourne startup marries social online media with real offline events, and what's more, throws in a daily deal kind of pricing for event promoters.

What do you want to do when roaming? Roamz, a Sydney startup, is trying to second guess this question. At the recent Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, it unveiled an iPhone app that aggregates real-time social data from Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare about goings-on at nearby places – something founder Jonathan Barouch likens to “”x-ray goggles showing what people are talking about at places nearby.”