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Google introduces Loopt competitor
- burke 18y agoHmm, I can't imagine this working very well for the iPhone with no background application support, unless it makes it into the real Maps application and they provide an option to broadcast while it's not running.
- lpgauth 18y agoFirst screen shot shows Montreal!
- Timothee 18y agoI think it detects where you're located and put some relevant map because I see the SF Bay Area personally.
- lpgauth 18y agoAh that sucks... It was a static image and the second screen shot was SF so I thought...
- mixmax 18y agoIT does, I see Copenhagen. Very clever little detail.
- davidw 18y agoI saw one of "my friends" up on the mountain summits around Innsbruck.
- RK 18y agoYeah, I thought, "Shit, that guy looks like he's at my house!"
- breck 18y agoI tried it out on my Blackberry curve. Works well. The bubble that pops up with a friend's picture and status is neat. Unfortunately only 2 friends have it installed. I had to zoom out to see both California and Colorado before I saw more than myself on the screen. Reminds me of the time when I had to wear one of those bracelets as part of my parole. (kidding)
- shimi 18y agoThat's was the reason why google shutdown Dodgeball! There were lot of other start ups with similar services that are going to struggle due to this service. .
- enomar 18y agoHow many times does this need to get reposted? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465474 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465474 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465458 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465458
- tokenadult 18y agoThis submission is from an official source (Google itself) and the headline mentions Loopt (a Y Combinator project), so I appreciate this addition to the discussion of this hot story.
- GHFigs 18y agoNo popped collars. Less SMS spam than Loopt. Lame.
- bkudria 18y agoNot available for the iPod Touch. Just like Loopt. Yeah, yeah, I know Latitude says "soon".
- AlanEdge 18y agobroke my BlackBerry 8800