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06/14/2006, 10:55pm, EDT

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Meetro offers social messenger for OS X

Meetro today launched Meetro for Mac OS X, the world’s first location-aware social messenger, for the Apple's Mac OS X. Built on a custom location-aware client-server architecture, Meetro has combined the best features of social networks and messengers while stressing physical location--a combination commonly referred to as a ‘social messenger’. Meetro says it has created, from scratch, an entirely new software representing the new standard in online and offline social interaction. Designed to facilitate real-time meetings with people locally, Meetro bridges the gap between traditional messengers and the next-generation local meeting place. Every time a user logs into Meetro, it generates a new list of people based on your profile and physical presence. It features worldwide location support, fully integrated profiles into the messaging experience, a ‘face pane to viewing who’s online visually, and realtime updates now supporting Growl. Meetro is available for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.


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06/15, 12:50pm, EDT
I downloaded this program and tried running it on my iBook (G3 running Tiger). It just stalls while trying to login and eventually times out. It appears to be a zero point program, essentially still a beta or even alpha. However, now that I've registered to use the program and provided them with a lot of information, I'm wondering if I made a big mistake. Question, admittedly paranoid, does MacNN verify the legitimacy of companies it reports on? In other words, could someone claiming to be a real company, simply put together an application that collects and uploads registration data, but instead uses that data as part of an identity theft process? How safe is it to even provide an account password (one you use routinely) to a company you've never heard of before? Does a news organization have any responsibility to check out a company before it reprints its press releases? Just curious what others think.
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And why do they have a Chicago phone number (that no one answers) and a Palo Alto, California address?
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