Bluepulse
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Bluepulse is a social networking application for mobile phones. Users connect to the application (via bluepulse.com) using a browser on their mobile phone. Bluepulse claim that most mobile phones are supported.
It is also sometimes referred to as a 'social messenger'[1] on the website because the software aims to make it simple to send or receive any kind of message to any friend or group of friends regardless of the capabilities of their phone, via a 'universal outbox'[2].
Friends can be added from Hotmail, Yahoo!, Gmail, AOL.
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[edit] History
Bluepulse was formed in Sydney, Australia out of a hobby of the founder, Ben Keighran. Aged 19, while at college, Ben reprogrammed his mobile phone to allow him to control the music on his PC[3]. Unable to share this invention with his friends due to different mobile phone technology, Ben created patent pending software to allow for universal software development for mobile phones. This platform evolved to become Bluepulse.
Ben moved himself and the company from Sydney to Silicon Valley in late 2006. In April 2007 Bluepulse closed a $6 million USD Series A funding round[4] with VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Bluepulse is now in the original YouTube offices in San Mateo.
[edit] Company Status
Bluepulse is a privately held company. It has closed a Series A investment round with VantagePoint Venture Partners.
[edit] Business Model
Bluepulse has an advertising-based revenue model.
[edit] External Sites
- Podcast of Ben Keighran, Bluepulse Tuesday 11 December 2007
- Bluepulse mobile social network now smartphone-ready
- BluePulse shows how you compete with Facebook and MySpace…
- Podtech Scoble Show
- Vantagepoint Venture Partners
- Interview with Ben Keighran
[edit] See Also
- Mig 33
