http://louisgray.disqus.com/A Silicon Valley Blog for Early Adopters and Tech GeeksenWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:12 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21879188<p>Apart from the name and facebook connect, how is it different from Loopt? </p>Zahid LilaniWed, 04 Nov 2009 14:36:12 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21761390<p>Hah! I worked out how it does it!</p><p>Basically, it creates a fake email account in your phone. When your phone checks this email account, it gives their servers information, like your IP address. They can use that for a general location fix, or they can use Push to talk back to their app and have it send them updated location info.<br></p>OttoTue, 03 Nov 2009 10:13:48 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21758461<p>How exactly can it do background updating? I thought Apple's terms don't allow that sort of thing.</p><p>Navizon, for example, can do true-background updating, but the phone must be jailbroken to do it.</p>OttoTue, 03 Nov 2009 09:24:06 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21747904<p>Nice feature to update your own position with the mail app! Never seen or heard about that one before.</p>Johan JonssonTue, 03 Nov 2009 05:53:47 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21743173<p>That can't be good! Now the world will know how boring my life truly <br>is! Scoble, you will expose the ugliness!</p>Louis GrayTue, 03 Nov 2009 03:14:06 -0000http://blog.louisgray.com/2009/11/stalqer-location-sharing-app-for-real.html#comment-21743153<p>I have a video of Stalqer going up tonight. I think your account is part of the demo.</p>ScobleizerTue, 03 Nov 2009 03:12:46 -0000