Today, Microsoft announced its cloud computing infrastructure -- basically a cloud-based version of Windows Server 2008 -- at PDC, and a couple of people wondered if they could do anything with it. Quick answer: download Bluehoo, which "was born Friday 5th September 2008 at 2am and was the first non-Microsoft application running in Windows Azure."
Download Bluehoo to your phone and it uses Bluetooth to discover "hoos" around you. You can check their profile, then it's up to you to start a conversation. You can, for example, go up to the blonde at the bar and ask if she can help you with your C# coding.
Your little "hoo" (cartoon character) is blue if you're a boy and pink if you're a girl.
Around 124,000 have signed up so far, but you are probably not close to one unless you are at PDC in Los Angeles. Or right in the centre of London where SportsDo is based.
Sentient also developed SportsDo, "a GPS sports tracking system for your mobile phone which enables you to record your sporting activities while broadcasting live tracking stats to friends and family via the SportsDo web portal." It runs on Windows Mobile and Java phones, and PocketPCs.
