Phone-enhanced sleep-overs

Actually, the sleep-over part is just one application of a phone-based dating service used in Singapore. Nineteen-year-old Gracinia Kim uses the "BEDD" service on her phone to scan strangers' phones for their personal profiles. She told Reuters that, with it, she has become close to people she wouldn't have otherwise met and developed a tight little group of friends with whom she "chills out," has sleep-overs, and goes for late suppers. Users download the BEDD software into their phones and complete a short profile of themselves, including a description of who they want to meet. Then BEDD searches for and exchanges compatible profiles and phone numbers with other mobiles within a 65-foot radius. Nightclubs and other hangouts are where these spontaneous introductions happen. BEDD has more than 1,000 users in Singapore and hosts get-togethers in coffee bars. "Other mobile-based dating services in Asia — such as Singapore Telecommunications' MyCupid and Bharti Airtel of India's TrackUrMate — exchange information through a central database," Reuters adds.