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Flook is a location-based browsing application and website developed by Ambient Industries located in the United Kingdom, initially for the iPhone. Users of the application create virtual cards, or "Flooks". These cards are made up of a photo of a particular location and a small piece of text describing that location. These Flooks are then recorded with their geographic coordinates so that other Flook users can see where they have been posted when they are using the app. Users typically upload local secrets, places to go and things to see. The application is therefore a wiki of sorts, but is also a combination of Google Maps, StumbleUpon 〔http://vator.tv/news/show/2010-01-19-flook-location-discovery-for-stumblers〕〔http://www.techcrunch.com/2010/02/01/ambient-industries-funding-flook/〕 and review websites such as Tripadvisor or Toptable. Ambient Industries was founded by two former Symbian programmers, Roger Nolan and Jane Sales, who assisted in the construction of much of the Symbian mobile operating system, together with Tristan Brotherton, formerly of Synapsim, Roo and Fluidjuice, and who assisted in the creation of screening software that is now used by Kroll. Flook was launched in December 2009. Ambient Industries has received funding from UK tech investment houses Eden Ventures〔(Eden Ventures site )〕 and Amadeus Capital Partners.〔(Amadeus site )〕〔(Financial Times article )〕 In February 2010, Flook won the Mobile Premier Award in User Experience awarded by Mobile User Experience.〔( Mobile User Experience announcement )〕 In June 2010, Ambient Industries partnered with Geocast to make flook cards from Geocast's local offers.〔(Nextweb article )〕 It is set to cease its service after 25 February 2012 according to an email sent out to users. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flook (app)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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