Facebook has added a new feature to their iOS app that lets users find friends and potential friends nearby, reports TechCrunch.
Facebook engineer, Ryan Patterson, describes the feature:
I built Find Friends Nearby with another engineer for a hackathon project. While it was originally called 'Friendshake', we settled on 'Find Friends Nearby' for launch (the URL was a little bit of a homage to the previous iteration).
For me, the ideal use case for this product is the one where when you're out with a group of people whom you've recently met and want to stay in contact with. Facebook search might be effective, or sharing your vanity addresses or business cards, but this tool provides a really easy way to exchange contact information with multiple people with minimal friction.
You can find the new features in the iOS app under Menu > Apps > Find Friends > Other Tools > Find Friends Nearby.
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joyz - June 26, 2012 at 6:45am
In fact doesn't apple have their own app that does this....? Shouldn't this app then be pulled?
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NoGoodNick - June 24, 2012 at 10:19pm
What's even worse, under Apple's new rules, in order to be able to access ANY photos from your photo library, you've got to turn on your location controls on Facebook, so they can access the information even if you don't want them to!
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