People have been asking for a long time to find friends who like things, etc.
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Facebook recently acquired a company called Glancee, which did something similar to the Find Friends Nearby feature.
It's unclear exactly how much information the Find Friends Nearby feature gave away.
In the aftermath of that revelation, Twitter acknowledged that its "Find Friends" feature also stores user contacts on its servers.
They would keep an eye on them as they grew, and any strong kid over the age of 6 would find friends in the forces.
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Interestingly, the Twitter "Find Friends" feature has been yanked in the latest build due to Twitter shutting off its API to the company last month.
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They first go online to a social network to find friends.
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According to a Twitter Blog post, the new app includes automatic playback, sound, Explore, Popular and Trending posts, Find Friends and the ability to invite others to join.
When Facebook users logged on to the Find Friends Nearby site, they were supposed to be able to see friends and other Facebook users who were in close proximity.
There's an element of randomness, then, when it comes to unearthing new things, though you can at least find friends on the site by importing your contacts from other services.
Twitter has said that it will update the language it uses on the site to make it clear what will be done with that information -- which helps new users find friends who are already using the site.
"I was amazed on Sunday to read that Facebook is blatantly stealing our idea with what they are calling, 'Find Friends Nearby, '" Friendthem CEO Charles Sankowich said in a statement posted on VentureBeat and on other tech news sites.
Vachon said the group currently is beginning to build up the site and find friends in the music department who are interested in using CreatorCircle, with plans to hold a networking event once enough potential users have been scouted out.
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The blog ReadWriteWeb dubbed the feature a "stalking app, " and news of Find Friends Nearby received a cold reception on the Internet, where Twitter users and bloggers panned the idea -- saying Twitter-y things like " Hell to the naw, " " Oh lawd!"
On Monday, Apple said its coming iOS 6 operating system for the iPhone and iPad, expected out in the fall, will let a player challenge friends to a game while also allowing users to sync the Game Center friends list with Facebook to find friends easier.
Now, on to part two: 9to5 Mac seems to have unearthed traces in the iOS 4.3 beta of a new feature called "Photo Streams" that seems to be -- you guessed it -- a way to share continuous streams of photos with friends you approve, presumably through MobileMe (which would fit in nicely with the Find my Friends stuff).
Last month, friends of two British skiers who went missing in Verbier in the Swiss Alps used Twitter to find their friends' cell phone numbers.
"What I tell people is that you find new friends at the gym, " she said.
Mr Spidla might hope to find new friends and partners on the right or the left.
If everybody here has written all you can write when it comes to financial support, go find some friends.
With the new social features, users can log-in with Google to find other friends already using the service.
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But what if we could create something that helped you find new friends?
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Lastly, we wanted to make it really easy for people to coordinate their experiences, sit together and find new friends.
From there, they can get an idea of different demographics for certain areas and find their friends and other like-minded people.
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Soon you enter a nighttime section, where you'll find old friends from Radiator Springs and have adventures including tractor tipping with Mater.
Australia , she was a dancer, and she ended up taking off and leaving because she said she needed to find her friends.
Nor is the panel's second proposal likely to find many friends.
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