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Flook (app)
Flook was a location-based browsing application and website developed by Ambient Industries located in the United Kingdom, initially for the iPhone. Users of the application created virtual cards, or "Flooks", which were made up of a photo of a particular location and a small piece of text describing that location. These Flooks were then recorded with their geographic coordinates so that other Flook users could see where they have been posted when they are using the app. Users typically upload local secrets, places to go and things to see. The application was therefore a wiki of sorts, but was also a combination of Google Maps, StumbleUpon and review websites such as Tripadvisor or Toptable. Ambient Industries was founded by two former Symbian programmers, Roger Nolan and Jane Sales, who assisted in the construction of much of the Symbian mobile operating system, together with Tristan Brotherton, formerly of Synapsim, Roo and Fluidjuice, and who assisted in the creation of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Industries
Ambient or Ambiance or Ambience may refer to: Music and sound * Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds * Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere * Ambient (album), ''Ambient'' (album), by Moby * Ambience (album), ''Ambience'' (album), by the Lambrettas * Virgin Ambient series, a series of 24 albums released on the UK Virgin Records label between 1993 and 1997 *''Ambient 1–4'', a set of four Brian Eno discography, albums by Brian Eno, released by Obscure Records between 1978 and 1982 Other * Ambient (computation), a process calculus * Ambient (desktop environment), a MUI-based desktop environment for MorphOS * Ambient (novel), ''Ambient'' (novel), a novel by Jack Womack * Mark Ambient (1860–1937), pen name of Harold Harley, English dramatist * ''Ambiancé'', an unreleased experimental film * MS Ambience, MS ''Ambience'', a cruise ship See also * Ambient lighting (other) * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |