Location-Based Mobile Social Network Centrl Integrates Web App, Adds First Real-Time Location-Based Messaging System
“Location” has been one of the most frequently used buzzwords in the web industry recently, with i.e. Twitter , Facebook and Google having substantially stepped up efforts in that area in the last few months. TechCrunch has always been particularly bullish about location-based mobile social networks, with Loopt , Brightkite or, most recently , Foursquare among the big names. But there are more location-based social networks out there, and one of them, Centrl , is now intending to further bridge the gap between mobile phone users and the web at large (a move we called for last year ). The service, which has been available on the iPhone [iTunes link], Android , BlackBerry [JAD file] and Nokia since May 2008, extended its offering with a web app a few days ago. The service runs within major social networks and lets you login from your existing accounts (on Facebook , MySpace , iGoogle , Friendster , Ning , Hi5 , bebo , Orkut , iTimes…
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