Online Dating Meets Love At First Sight

A new mobile app called Urban Signals cleverly combines the technology of GPS-enabled phones with online dating profiles to connect people instantaneously.  Urban Signals allows you to use a map on your phone to spot other singles around you and instantly send or receive messages.  It sounds like a pretty fun idea to me!

Image: Urban Signals

Aubree Nichols, the founder and CEO of Urban Signals, designed the program after living in New York and developing a fascination with urban behavior and “missed connections.”  It is definitely true that sometimes you are walking down the street and just spot someone who looks cool, attractive, interesting, whatever it is and then in a second they are gone and you never see them again.  Sometimes their image might even stick in your head for awhile as you imagine what could have happened if you had the guts to just talk to them…but then *poof* the moment has passed and the possibilities disappear forever (I suddenly am thinking of James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful”…if only he had Urban Signals).

Urban Signals combines social networking and online dating features with mobile tracking.  You can be notified if someone matching your preferences is in your vicinity, spot them on the map, and then look around you to see which person it is….sounds like endless hours of fun!  If you’re interested you can send a little signal and wait to see if you get a response.  The best way to understand how the program works is to watch the video on the Urban Signals website.

I am always investigating how technology is changing the way people fall in love.  Do you even remember what dating was like before texting, cell phones, email, social networking programs, and online dating?  Urban Signals is currently a free download for iPhone and iTouch customers at the iTunes store.  New users are given a 1-month trial free.  Go online to www.urbansignals.net to find out more!