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Re:Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before? by vbl on Monday April 22, 2013 @01:44PM (#5590657)
cough Smartphone-based loyalty cards cough
Re:Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before? by jacoblyles on Monday April 22, 2013 @04:18PM (#5591534)
I had four or five examples ready to go, but I didn't say them because I know people working on each of them :)

The startup fad that caught me was a phone app that helps you meet strangers near you. I thought I was being unique and clever, but then a hundred other startups came out in the space and failed spectacularly. The only one that survived was grindr.

Re:Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before? by thrush on Monday April 22, 2013 @04:37PM (#5591632)
Hardly. Highlight is pretty active still.
Re:Who Cares If It's Been Tried Before? by thrush on Monday April 22, 2013 @02:14PM (#5590843)
Have you heard of Belly?