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Websitelimbo.com
CategoryWeb
Phone1-888-335-4953
Employees37
Founded10/05

Offices

[map] Burlingame, USA
270 East Lane
Suite 1
Burlingame, CA, 94010
USA

People

CEO and Co-Founder
COO
CTO and Co-Founder
CMO and Co-Founder
SVP Worldwide Sales
VP of Corporate Development

Funding

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Tags

games, text-messages

Limbo

Limbo provides branded interactive games that can be played on mobiles phones and online. Users compete with other players of the text-message-based games for prizes such as electronics, cars and trips.

Products

Limbo

Launch DateOctober, 2005
Limbo screenshot
Above: Limbo Screenshot -- #1

Limbo for iPhone

StageLive
Launch DateJuly 10, 2008
Tags iphone-app

Limbo is another geo-aware social network that behaves like a mashup of Twitter, Loopt, and Whrrl. One of the app’s most compelling features is its grid-like diagram that visually groups your friends according to what they’re doing (for example, all of your friends that are Out Drinking will be lumped together, even if they aren’t necessarily drinking in the same place). The app accomplishes this feat by forcing users to select from a predefined hiarchial list of activities (while this might sound restrictive, the list is pretty comprehensive). This categorization allows users to see what they’re friends are up to without having to sift through each of their messages.

You can download the app here for free.

Limbo screenshot
Above: Limbo for iPhone Screenshot -- #1

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Limbo

Comments

what happened - August 8, 2008 at 6:20pm
I used to play Limbo everyday and actually won a few times. I stopped when the quality of the prizes dropped dramatically and I couldn't come close to winning with so many more competitors. They also stopped giving away freebies to people who played on the web for free. I wonder how long it took for them to figure out that they shouldn't reward those users. In LinkedIn, I noticed that there are a lot more Limbo alums than current employees. The company must have burned through so much cash by offering too many higher value prizes and overhiring. Based on the nav bar, the company emphasizes its social network more than the prizes now.

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  2. NEA Invests $6 Million in Limbo 41414 (allbusiness.com) [edit]
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