Nearby

	Social Network
Website	www.wnmlive.com

Nearby (previously named WNM Live / Who's Near Me) was a location-based social networking service. Nearby was originally launched in June 2010.^[1]^{[unreliable source?]}. The site closed in September 2021 following a significant data break.^[2]

Background

Nearby was founded by Brian Hamachek.

Stanford StartX accelerator.^{[citation needed}

] In January 2014, the company name was changed from WNM Live to Nearby.

Nearby uses the

GPS unit in a phone or computer to determine your location and returns a list of users nearby based on relative proximity. Unlike several other location-based social networks such as Skout, WhosHere, and Grindr, Nearby explicitly declares that the service is not intended to be used for dating purposes.^[5]

Platforms and users

A Windows Mobile 6 application was released on 6/2010. It was followed by a Windows Phone 7 application which was released on 10/2010. A web and mobile web portal for the service was launched 4/2011. An iPhone application was released 1/2012.^[6] A Windows 8 application was released in 5/2012.^[7] An Android application was released in the first half of 2013.^[8]^{[non-primary source needed]} The service has a combined membership of just over 5 million users. The highest percentage of users were located in the United States, United Kingdom, and India (in that order).^[9] An Android app was released in January 2015.^[10]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Awards and recognition

The Windows Phone application was selected at the 2011

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference as the 2nd best application in the Marketplace.^[11]

Nearby was selected by Microsoft as a Bizspark Featured Startup on April 30, 2013.[12]^{[unreliable source?]}

The Nearby app for Windows Phone was runner-up in Nokia's Create competition within the NFC category.^[13]^{[non-primary source needed]}

Trademark dispute

Nearby was officially known as Who's Near Me until 6/2012. In 2011,

unfair competition, cybersquatting, and breach of contract against the company. News of the lawsuit was made public when Nearby CEO Brian Hamachek wrote a blog post about the matter in which he made a number of allegations against WhosHere.^[14]^[15] The blog post was picked up by a number of media organizations, including TechCrunch.^[16] Hamachek eventually agreed to change the name of the company to WNM Live (and later changed again to Nearby for unrelated reasons) and posted a joint statement written by both WNM Live and WhosHere.^[17]^{[non-primary source needed}

]

References

^ "[APP] Who's Near Me (Mobile Geo-Proximity Social Networking)" URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ [1] Archived 2013-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (statement on home page)
^ "Featured Startup on Windows 8 and Azure – WNM Live". BizSpark Featured Startups. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
^ "WNM Live – Microsoft BizSpark" URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "Windows Phone Mango: 10 New Apps You Must Check Out" URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "This App Lets You Chat With Nearby Users…And Call Them On The Phone" URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "WNM Live – meet the people around you without leaving your house, now for Windows Phone 8". Windows Central. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
^ "WNM Live Android App" Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "WNM Live Gets Updated Again – Publishes Infographic on Usage"URL accessed April 22, 2013. Archived September 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Android App Store" URL accessed February 17, 2015.
^ "Who's Near Me wins 2nd place in Microsoft Windows Phone 7 App Challenge at WPC 11"URL accessed April 22, 2013. Archived February 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Featured Startup on Windows 8 and Azure – WNM Live" URL accessed May 5, 2013.
^ Oy, Microsoft Mobile. "Microsoft". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
^ "A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social network – help!" Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "The Other Side Of The Story: WhosHere vs. Who's Near Me Live". TechCrunch. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
^ "WhosHere vs WNM Live" URL accessed April 22, 2013.
^ "In Response to WhosHeres Statement" Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.

External links

Official website Archived 2013-04-08 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "[APP] Who's Near Me (Mobile Geo-Proximity Social Networking)" URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[2] [1] Archived 2013-04-08 at the Wayback Machine (statement on home page)

[3] "Featured Startup on Windows 8 and Azure – WNM Live". BizSpark Featured Startups. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

[4] "WNM Live – Microsoft BizSpark" URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[5] "Windows Phone Mango: 10 New Apps You Must Check Out" URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[6] "This App Lets You Chat With Nearby Users…And Call Them On The Phone" URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[7] "WNM Live – meet the people around you without leaving your house, now for Windows Phone 8". Windows Central. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

[8] "WNM Live Android App" Archived 2013-08-16 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[9] "WNM Live Gets Updated Again – Publishes Infographic on Usage"URL accessed April 22, 2013. Archived September 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

[10] "Android App Store" URL accessed February 17, 2015.

[11] "Who's Near Me wins 2nd place in Microsoft Windows Phone 7 App Challenge at WPC 11"URL accessed April 22, 2013. Archived February 9, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[12] "Featured Startup on Windows 8 and Azure – WNM Live" URL accessed May 5, 2013.

[13] Oy, Microsoft Mobile. "Microsoft". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-18.

[14] "A VC-funded startup called WhosHere is trying to steal my social network – help!" Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[15] "The Other Side Of The Story: WhosHere vs. Who's Near Me Live". TechCrunch. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 2021-08-03.

[16] "WhosHere vs WNM Live" URL accessed April 22, 2013.

[17] "In Response to WhosHeres Statement" Archived 2013-03-29 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed April 22, 2013.

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