A new service, Sniff, has developed a new cell service that gives people an electronic map showing the location of their friends, write The Times in London.
The Social Network Integrated Friend Finder (Sniff) can be accessed by Facebook or cell phone and is already popular in Scandinavia. Sniff is run by Useful Networks, which is owned by Liberty Media.
Sniff says only consumers who give their permission could be electronically tracked by the service and plans to charge users about 75p for each location “sniff”, with the results for mobile customers sent by return text.
It looks like the first Facebook application to apply premium charges to customers’ mobile bills.
Mike, you’re British right? So why do you write “The Times in London” or “The Times of London”? There is only one Times, they were the first – the NY Times and the rest took the name from them!
So fussy – the same article is also on techcrunch.com. You want him to edit it just for you?
Well its factually correct is all, the paper has just the one name. Its a shame it needs dumbing down for people. I’m suprised London isn’t followed by “the capitol of that island over there near the sissies in France!” for our American readers.
Apparently the Facebook will soon be the only international network:
http://www.tomhcanderson.com/2008/03/31/united-nations-to-acquire-facebook/
So Sniff is charging people 75p to find their friends? All because you can then find them on your mobile phone?
If they are that much of a friend why don’t you just have their mobile number in your phone and then phone them up? It would then save yourself 75p!!! and you get to talk to them as well.
There is already a free Facebook app (made by a UK company) that works globally and does something very similar to this.
FindMe
and its free….
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=6643114437