Category: SmallTown
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SmallTown: Privacy
SmallTown is a spontaneous social network creator. You set up your profile that’s made available to people around you in the system you are. For example, if you are in a participating library your profile is made available to other people in the library at that time. Your profile is not shared on the internet.…
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SmallTown: Components
SmallTown is a free mobile app available on Android phones and Amazon Kindles. Spontaneous social networking features such as sharing your profile, browsing other profiles, request chats, chatting, exchanging contact information, searching profiles and marking profiles for encounter alerts are all free and available with just the mobile app. These features come to life in…
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SmallTown: Public Safety
Public Safety Features SmallTown can operate over Wi-Fi networks anywhere, even without the internet. Mobile phones can receive important public safety announcements such as inclement weather, Amber Alerts etc. However, even with the latest 4G network technology, cell signal is spotty inside large buildings, parking lots etc. As these messages are often real time in…
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SmallTown: For Business Owners
Marketing Features and Point of Sale If you are a business person providing a service or you have a brick and mortar presence, you want people in your community to know about your services. It would be great if you can pass out business cards to every person you meet, but that’s impractical and intrusive.…
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SmallTown: Social Networking Features
SmallTown is a Social Network. However, it is very different from any other internet based social network. SmallTown, for instance does not exist on the internet. It exists on the collective of people’s phones. There is no centralized server or cloud database where your profile is stored. When you install SmallTown you set up a…
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SmallTown: Wi-Fi Social Network
SmallTown, in a nutshell, creates an instant social network of people in a Wi-Fi location. You walk in and use the app to browse profiles of people around you. Find someone interesting? Send a chat request, exchange contact information and promote to a permanent connection on your social networks. SmallTown provides an elegant way for…