Kirkwood's statement was the most definitive word on the status of contacts since February 8 when Bosnian Serb Gen.

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An app can use the authorization status API to check if it can access contacts, calendars, reminders, or the photo library.

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The filing cited his sworn statement that Spondello's lawyer kept secret Spondello's identity and employment status during a series of email and telephone contacts.

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More prominently-placed tiles in the phone's contacts manager have their published content (status updates, for instance) appear more frequently on the screen.

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The screen that users will be drawn to most frequently -- the home screen, if you will -- is The Loop, a near-real-time aggregation of social network status updates, images, and RSS feed items culled from the user's contacts, media, and settings.

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Google's Latitude service, launched in February, constantly updates users' location, enabling contacts to see their whereabouts on a map as well as their activity via status updates.

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To that end, do update your online status immediately, on LikedIn and possibly on Facebook too, if you have lots of professional contacts among your friends there.

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Viewing your contacts shows the usual data in addition to the interactions you've had through social networking status updates and photos from the likes of Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and Twitter.

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