Abstract—Social networking and Instant Messaging
applications occupy an important place in human life and they
are used by a dramatically increasing number of people day by
day. Each application has different features and provides
varying options to their users. However, we can clearly see that
none of them meets the users’ needs satisfactorily. This study
proposes a heterogeneous social platform, Talkbuddy, which not
only enables location check-in and instant messaging but also
offers a new option by which users can also find new contacts
according to their preferences. Moreover, the proposed system
will assist people in their daily life by offering a cafe, restaurant
and/or bar to visit. This system will serve as a web site and
mobile applications on iOS and Android platforms.
Index Terms—Instant messaging, social networking, SMS.
F. Türker, O Gürselli, K Özer, and M. Taze are with Department of
Computer/Software Engineering in İzmir University of Economics, İzmir,
Turkey (e-mail: fatih.turker@std.ieu.edu.tr, onur.gurselli@std.ieu.edu.tr,
kubra.ozer@std.ieu.edu.tr, mehmet.taze@std.ieu.edu.tr).
S. Kumova Metin is with Department of Software Engineering, İzmir
University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey (e-mail:
senem.kumova@ieu.edu.tr).
Cite: Fatih Türker, Onur Gürselli, Kübra Özer, Mehmet Taze, and Senem Kumova-Metin, "A Heterogeneous Social Platform: Talkbuddy," International Journal of Machine Learning and Computing vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 160-164, 2015.