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Posted by Monty Solomon on April 14, 2008, 11:07 pm
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Keep your friends at your fingertips, with a cellphone
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Staff | April 14, 2008
The Boston Globe
When Tim Collins of Natick wants to know where his friends are and
what they are doing, all he has to do is glance at his phone.
Collins and a handful of his friends use Buddy Beacon, a
friend-finding service for mobile phones that allows them to keep
tabs on one another throughout the day.
Collins said he joined for the entertainment value, but suspects the
service may actually be useful.
"I have visions that I'll be stuck in an airport and pull it up, and
notice a friend is also stuck" a few gates away, Collins said.
The service could also provide a simple way to keep tabs on his
daughter, if she will update her location from time to time.
"When I just want to talk to my daughter, she finds it embarrassing -
but I find she actually will respond to text messages very quickly,"
he said.
As people of all ages have become comfortable with keeping tabs on
friends through online social networks that include minute-by-minute
status updates, the major wireless carriers are beginning to take the
types of interactions that have become common online into the real
world, using the phone.
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http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/04/14/keep_your_friends_at_your_fingertips_with_a_cellphone/
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