Android apps in the rough, go install Glancee right now

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With nearly 400,000 apps available in the Android Market, it is often difficult to discover cool new releases. We started our weekly column Top 10 Android App Updates to help our audience discover apps that others were actively using, but it only identifies the well established apps that have already have a bunch of installs.

So how do you discover the coolest apps that just hit the Android Market? Like the ones that have less than 5,000 installs. I’m sure that someone could write an algorithm to help with that problem, but for now we are going to hand pick them.

Introducing Glancee

Speaking of discovery, wouldn’t it be neat to have an app that helped you meet interesting people that had similar likes and networks? Glancee is that app that lets you discover hidden connections and meet with people important to you.

The app works by connecting to your Facebook account and analyzing your likes and friends. It then uses your location to suggest people around you that have similar interest and connections.

I travel a lot and I often find myself in new places where I don’t know many people. At trade shows and media events there are always the other bloggers that I talk with, but it’s fun to meet new people. The problem I have with meeting new people always seems to be time. I can walk around a huge room with hundreds of people, but how do I know which are the most interesting people that I should be introducing myself to?

Glancee provides that digital sixth sense that can intelligently alert you about interesting people you might want to meet.

Here are some success stories taken from Glancee users:

 Karen (Chicago) wrote: “I’ve been talking to this cool guy from Ecuador. It’s great as we started talking because of a book we had in common. He said he never met anyone that had read it before!”Richard (San Francisco) said: “I was stuck at the airport as my flight got delayed. Glancee showed an old friend of mine as ‘steps away’ so I wrote her and she was at the airport too! I was actually happy my flight was late.Alberto (Italy) was at a conference in San Francisco and got a notification that there was someone from his small hometown back in Italy. Such a small world! He would have never met him in such a large crowd if it weren’t for Glancee.Maia (San Francisco) needed a designer for her startup. She added “design” in Glancee and found some people with similar interests. One was so nice to help her get in touch with a fellow freelancer.

The app is still brand new, so it won’t be that useful until more users sign up. Thankfully, they support Android, iPhone, and Facebook web so I anticipate it will grow quickly. Just like other social apps such as Foursquare and Foodspotting, Glancee is ideal for dense urban areas. If you live out in a rural area then you might not find much use for Glancee yet, but I think it’s still worth a download.

As for the other features of Glancee, I don’t want to share too much. The point of this post is to persuade you to go install the app and play around with it.

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This site only averages about one million visitors a month and there are over 250 million Android devices out there, but our community still has the ability to accelerate apps to stardom. We are the taste-makers and the ones that our friends and family go to when they have questions about their Android devices. This app might not be for everyone, but if you see the potential in Glancee please share it with your friends.

Have a suggestion for the next Android app in the rough? Message Taylor if you find an interesting app with less than 10k downloads that you think has a lot of potential and others would enjoy.

Via: Glancee

Source: Android Market

Taylor is the founder of Android and Me. He resides in Dallas and carries the Verizon Galaxy Nexus as his daily device. Ask him a question on Twitter or Google+ and he is likely to respond. Tagged#Android apps in the rough#Glancee#social discovery#video .nrelate .nr_sponsored{ left:0px !important; }.nrelate .nr_sponsored{ left:0px !important; } 12 Comments Join the discussion!Sort by DateRating 80BlkSquad 21 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +1

Definitely sounds cool. Good find Taylor.

Reply camokatuGuest 21 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

More like sponsored post.

Reply 20Max.Steel 20 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -3

So what if it is a sponsored post?

Reply 100Taylor Wimberly 20 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +1

Lol I wish I got paid to promote apps. This is NOT a sponsored post. It’s just a cool app I found today and wanted to share it.

Reply 20Max.Steel 21 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -1

Downloading now.

Reply 100Taylor Wimberly 20 hours ago Thumb upThumb down -2

Thanks for giving it a try. Leave your feedback in the Market so the developer can improve it.

Reply 97spazby 20 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

Sounds like a great app

Reply 80honourbound68 19 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

This could prove interesting

Reply 20NasLAU 15 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

Sounds cool but useless for people that don’t use “the” Facebook like me.

Reply 91thekaz 13 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

This is (yet another) cool idea. I always like fonding cool new stuff to use and recommend to friends. Thanks!

Reply 91thekaz 13 hours ago Thumb upThumb down 0

*finding

Reply 13K2theIzzo 8 hours ago Thumb upThumb down +1

Cool another site I can use to find hot chicks.

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