The Burning Man festival kicks off this Monday in the Nevada desert, and while many startups are still assembling their camps, the messaging app Firechat has built something more elaborate for the playa. Built by Open Garden, Firechat specializes in peer-to-peer messaging, relying on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to deliver messages to phones as far as 200 feet away in areas without a cell signal — areas like Burning Mans Black Rock City. I went to Burning Man last year and wished there was an app like FireChat.
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