Google introduces Loopt competitor

http://www.google.com/latitude/intro.html

by emmett • 17 years ago

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enomar• 17 years ago

How many times does this need to get reposted?

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465474 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=465458

tokenadult• 17 years ago

This submission is from an official source (Google itself) and the headline mentions Loopt (a Y Combinator project), so I appreciate this addition to the discussion of this hot story.

burke• 17 years ago

Hmm, I can't imagine this working very well for the iPhone with no background application support, unless it makes it into the real Maps application and they provide an option to broadcast while it's not running.

lpgauth2• 17 years ago

First screen shot shows Montreal!

Timothee• 17 years ago

I think it detects where you're located and put some relevant map because I see the SF Bay Area personally.

lpgauth2• 17 years ago

Ah that sucks... It was a static image and the second screen shot was SF so I thought...

mixmax• 17 years ago

IT does, I see Copenhagen.

Very clever little detail.

RK• 17 years ago

Yeah, I thought, "Shit, that guy looks like he's at my house!"

breck• 17 years ago

I tried it out on my Blackberry curve. Works well. The bubble that pops up with a friend's picture and status is neat. Unfortunately only 2 friends have it installed. I had to zoom out to see both California and Colorado before I saw more than myself on the screen.

Reminds me of the time when I had to wear one of those bracelets as part of my parole.

(kidding)

shimi• 17 years ago

That's was the reason why google shutdown Dodgeball!

There were lot of other start ups with similar services that are going to struggle due to this service. .

GHFigs• 17 years ago

No popped collars. Less SMS spam than Loopt. Lame.

bkudria• 17 years ago

Not available for the iPod Touch. Just like Loopt.

Yeah, yeah, I know Latitude says "soon".

AlanEdge• 17 years ago

broke my BlackBerry 8800

Google introduces Loopt competitor

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