A project we’ve been working on for a while called KnowBerry is now live and at a usable state. The hosted application offers a way of discovering emergency and social events based on a person’s location. Users are able to subscribe to an interesting group and get custom notifications for events, or they may create their own groups and invite friends and family to view. Also, a new feature to the site is an RSS reader that automatically creates location based events for feed items (This only works for feeds that include location data).
Applications of KnowBerry range from receiving immediate emergency notifications to discovering social clubs and meet-up groups in the area. Many more uses are being thought up every day!
Some of the technologies used include Google Maps APIs, a custom site scraper to grab emergency and traffic events, and Amazon’s web services for notification and automatic event creation queuing.
There are many new features planned for the near future, so I encourage you to check it out and sign up for free at KnowBerry.com.