“You may remember a finding in the iOS 4.3 SDK that pointed to Apple’s work on a new iOS-device based social network called “Find my Friends,'” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“Many have speculated that this means Apple is working on a location-based social network – similar to Google Latitude or Loopt – that would essentially put all your friends on a map,” Gurman reports. “At that time, a source told us that Apple has been working on the Find my Friends project for some time – but also said that company has shelved the project a few times prior this SDK finding.”
Gurman reports, “Now, we have discovered several references to this Find my Friends service inside of HTML code from the MobileMe/iCloud website. Because these findings reference aspects of MobileMe, we have to urge that this social network from Apple may have been eternally shelved. On the other hand, Photo Stream, when we first revealed it, referenced MobileMe. Now we know that it is actually an iOS 5 iCloud feature.”
Read more in the full article, including Apple patent application illustrations, here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Just what everyone wants — to be stalked by friends who watch their every move on a map on their phone…
Me, I’ll pass. Thanks.
I believe some for of iCloud is already turned on. My daughter has her iPad on my iTunes account. Every time she downloads an app or a song to her iPad I get it on my MBP. At least I know what she’s getting.