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Look out – Netlog releases GPS-enabled iPhone app for its 33 million users

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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
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European Myspace competitor Netlog, which has over 33 million users, has released its native iPhone app. Users can get a feed of friends updates, see pictures, upload content and add pictures. Unusually, it is also GPS-enabled, something Facebook has so far steered clear of. It’s TechCrunch’s general view that if Facebook added true, location-based mobile social networking to its iPhone app, it would probably kill off a lot of the startups in that arena fairly swiftly. But it has yet to do so, leaving the way open for sites like Netlog. (App store link)

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  • http://iphonews.org/look-out-netlog-releases-gps-enabled-iphone-app-for-its-33 Look out – Netlog releases GPS-enabled iPhone app for its 33 … | IPHONE NEWS

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  • http://gpsobsessed.com/europes-social-network-netlog-brings-gps-to-its-iphone-app-facebook-continues-to-sleep-at-the-lbs-wheel/ Europe’s social network Netlog brings GPS to its iPhone app, Facebook continues to sleep at the LBS wheel | GPS Obsessed

    [...] North America though.  Whatever, the real story here is that the company has just come out with a native application for the iPhone.  Netlog users can get a streaming feed of friend updates, view and upload pictures, and upload [...]

  • kelvin

    I have used facebook with messmo application. But this application is also looks cool. I would like to try it..

  • Conika

    Hi, I and my buddy are using Messmo and our SMSs to each other are free. We can also see when we are online. I like it a lot .

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