Could this be useful for finding new friends and looking up new contacts?
Be proactive in finding new friends through your extended network.
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Already Navteq data has spawned applications for finding parking spots, friends in the area and homes for sale.
During the pre-Walkman era, we had a simple means of finding out what our friends were listening to.
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Instead Mark Zuckerberg gave the benign example of finding a Mexican restaurant your friends might like in Palo Alto.
It is this accountability and online community devotion that led Glenn and Whitehead to seek start-up capital in a way that engaged their devotees and friends, rather than finding a backer or investor.
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But it's small potatoes compared to the creepiness quotient of the nearby town that offers the friends their best shot at finding a replacement fan belt.
Layoff victims ranging from clients and business associates to family and friends are seeking their help in finding jobs.
For three years, as the mold was eradicated from their house, Mr. and Ms. Guinness split their time between the U.S. and the U.K., staying with friends while cycling through three remediation companies before finding one they were satisfied with.
So too many of our family members and our friends and our neighbors are still having a tough time finding work.
Not long ago, finding a mate, or even a like-minded group of friends, was something that definitely happened in the "real" physical world.
But just like Carrie Bradshaw and her friends on the show Sex and the City had trouble finding their paths in the chaos of Manhattan, innovators face similar challenges in finding ways to survive and thrive in their ecosystems.
This was a fascinating story to get to cover -- and I found it became dinner conversation among friends in India -- curious to hear what I was finding.
Friends and family have erected a billboard in downtown New Orleans seeking help in finding Monette, but to no avail.
Ultimately, relying on your friends and social feeds may not be the best approach when it comes to finding news and information you most need to discover.
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Recent smaller projects that are still finding their legs include Facebook Gifts, which lets you buy real and virtual goods for friends, and charging to send strangers messages.
CNN: Facebook mobile users surpass desktop users for first time
Recent smaller projects that are still finding their legs include Facebook Gifts, which lets you buy real and virtual goods for friends, and charging a small fee to send messages to strangers.
CNN: Facebook mobile users surpass desktop users for first time
One finding which was not surprising was the fact that 81% of US respondents indicated posts from their friends directly influenced their purchase decision.
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