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SNIFF allows users to pinpoint cell phone locations

By Michael Quinn, Newser User

Posted Apr 3, 2008 12:02 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Facebook application launching in the UK will put people’s friends on the map—in real time, reports the Times. The Social Network Integrated Friend Finder or ‘Sniff’ app lets users pinpoint a friend’s cell phone down to the nearest 650 feet.... Read full story »

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