If youa4ぎa4ёe ever attended a tech event in the hopes of networking but ended up spending most of your time in the corner, startup MingleBird is launching an iPhone application to make the process a little easier.
MingleBird is looking to partner with large events like conferences initially. Event organizers create a code for the event. Then when users download the app and enter the code, they enter into a game where they earn points by introducing themselves to recommended contacts and taking a photo together.
a4ぎAYoua4ぎa4вe checking in with people, not places,a4ぎ MingleBirda4ぎa4г spokesman Christopher Bazin said.
Other features include MingleWords, which show the different topics of conversation at the event and connect you around the words that youa4ぎa4вe interested in. And if the introduction goes well, you can push a button to add a contact to your address book.
MingleBird launched this morning at the Launch conference in San Francisco. Some of the judges seemed skeptical about whether they&'d use this. Digg&'s Kevin Rose said he&'d feel &''a little dorky&'' using this, and Mint&'s Aaron Patzer complained that this &''has been done a dozen time before.&'' I am a little skeptical too, but I do like the emphasis on facilitating face-to-face meetings rather than chatting in the app.
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