Shortwave: iBeacon-powered messaging

The app is rated &quot;12+&quot; in iTunes because of &quot;Fear &#x2F; horror-related themes&quot; and &quot;drug and alcohol references.&quot;<p>This is surprising for an innocent messaging app, but then again, I&#x27;ve never submitted to the App Store. Does it require that you make these disclaimers just because users could potentially discuss the topics using your platform?

See also, FireChat[0] - released a month prior to Shortwave.<p>[0] <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firechat/id719829352?mt=8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;itunes.apple.com&#x2F;us&#x2F;app&#x2F;firechat&#x2F;id719829352?mt=8</a>

Isn&#x27;t &quot;shortwave&quot; radio used for extremely long distance communication?

we&#x27;ve released a similar networking app called Loopd (<a href="http://getloopd.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;getloopd.com</a>) which also uses iBeacon technology to let you connect with people at a social gathering, also includes messaging, tagging, and showing context of where and when you met

Could pick a slightly more inspiring example chat for the landing page!

I thought about an app like this years ago...a proximity messaging app that allows strangers to connect in public places that is otherwise difficult (ie. the bus, a flight, a restaurant, sporting event). I think the smart way to do it is to limit users identification&#x2F;info to simply a photo. I visually identified a person physically and can then message them based on the photos of active users around me.

Interesting, when looking at it with BLExplr I see it presents a Battery and Current Time service. Are you using iBeacon basically just to discover nearby devices? Pretending to be an iBeacon and then listening for your uuid to wake up the other clients in the area?<p>It appears to use wifi for the chat once it finds a neighbor, are you using the iOS multipeer API once for the actual chat conversations?

Not to be confused with <a href="http://shortwaveapp.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;shortwaveapp.com</a>

hey are you thinking of open sourcing any part of the code? i can think of a lot of further applications of this, especially relating to mesh networking

&gt; Talk to anyone<p>Talk to anyone using an iPhone

This is genius. And it shall incite scandal.