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Whereoscope (YC S10) — Location-aware smartphone application that enables parents to keep…

Whereoscope is a service designed to help parents keep know where their kids are. Whereoscope uses smartphones and an intelligent sampling algorithm to provide the best possible accuracy without draining the battery.

Whereoscope is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2010 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Location-aware smartphone application that enables parents to keep…. The founders listed are Mick Johnson (Founder/CEO), James Gregory (Founder/CTO) (Y Combinator directory entry, January 17, 2012).

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Whereoscope

New accelerator entry · 2012-01-17 · the record

Summer 2010
batch
2
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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BatchSummer 2010
Announced2012-01-17
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size2
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Social
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Mountain View, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttp://whereoscope.com

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Whereoscope is a service designed to help parents keep know where their kids are. Whereoscope uses smartphones and an intelligent sampling algorithm to provide the best possible accuracy without draining the battery. Whereoscope enables location-based geo-fencing so that parents can know when their kids arrive at school, leave soccer practice, or are just about to get home.

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