- Shrouded in controversy after a negative report emerged this weekend citing privacy concerns, an application that allowed people to spot nearby girls has been pulled from the App Store. Used by Cultofmac. (Softpedia)
- It was only a matter of time. (YAHOO!)
- The developer of controversial girl tracking app Girls Around Me, i-Free, has issued a statement on Sunday defending the app. It told the Wall Street Journal that it withdrew the app voluntarily after the Foursquare block rendered the app inactive. (Electronista)
- Another day, another creepy mobile app. Here is one that allows you to find women in your area. It definitely wins the prize for too creepy. Girls Around Me uses Foursquare, the location-based mobile service, to determine your location. (NDTV)
- Facebook has just released a statement to Cult of Mac, saying that they are currently investigating the app. We hope to have more details shortly. – CultofMac Aps are irresistible, but they are also insidious and if you're a woman, something to watch. (favstocks.com)
- The World News (WN) Network, has created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to user privacy. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for wn.com, as well as e-mail newsletters. (Worldnews.com)
- Hey, why not make an app that scrapes Facebook and Foursquare for the locations of nearby women and plonks them on a map for you? Make it free, but charge users for "energy" to engage in their super-stalker ways. (Gizmodo Australia)
- Cult of Mac has a great write-up of an app for iOS called Girls Around Me, which essentially displays check-ins and public profiles of girls around you. (NewsFactor Network)
- Others just make people simply feel uncomfortable. (ZDNet)
Monday, April 2, 2012
Girls around me
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