Shane Quigley Founded Foddr to Enable Social Restaurant Discovery
One of the most common ways that people find new restaurants to frequent is through the recommendations of friends and other peers. Whether it’s for a one-time event or for more regular visits, people trust the recommendations of people like them when it comes to food. This fact is what has driven cool person in technology Shane Quigley to found his company Foddr.
Foddr is an online web tool that connects to social networking in order to provide users with restaurant recommendations based on where their friends and the friends of their friends are going to eat. Through the use of algorithms and a connection to customers’ Facebook profiles, Quigley’s web tool scans different statuses and geotagged locations from a person’s social networking connections. Foddr then uses this data to provide Quigley’s customers with recommendations for their next night out on the town. Foddr currently requires a connection to Facebook in order to work properly. Anyone whose Facebook profile does not properly connect to Foddr to give them recommendations can seek help from an online tech support professional. Read more »
