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Find My Friends update allows fine tuning

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 28th, 2013)

Find My Friends has received a small, but important update. Version 2.1 of Apple's friend-location software introduces a new UI to search and set location-based notifications. Paranoid that your child is skipping school? Use the UI to look for your child's school and get alerted if he leaves ...

TUAW TV Live: Discussions of all things Apple

by Steven Sande (Oct 12th, 2011)

Hopefully by the time the show starts today, many of you will be running iOS 5 on your iOS devices. If not, we'll still be talking about some of its features and the new apps that are appearing -- like Find My Friends and the AirPort Utility for iOS. There are also some other fun things to talk ...

Find My Friends: Fun, useful and secure

by Steven Sande (Oct 12th, 2011)

With the release of iOS 5 comes another fun and useful app: Find My Friends (free). The app allows you to share your location with friends, who can then use the app on their iOS devices to figure out exactly where you are. While this may seem like a cyber-stalker's dream, you need to invite ...

Apple's Find My Friends app now available

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 12th, 2011)

In advance of iOS 5, Apple has released Find My Friends, a location sharing app similar to Glympse. As the name implies, Find My Friends will let you locate your friends on a map. It'll also let you share your location so your friends can find you. For those concerned about privacy, the ...

Daily Update for October 4, 2011: Special "Let's Talk iPhone" edition

by Steven Sande (Oct 4th, 2011)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. Today, we bring you a special edition dedicated to news of the Apple "Let's Talk iPhone" event. You'll get all the highlights of today's announcements in just seven minutes. You can listen to today's Apple ...

Apple announces Find My Friends service

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 4th, 2011)

Apple has announced the much-rumored Find My Friends app. The app allows you to quickly see the location of friends who have opted to share their location with you. The app will offer deep levels of customization, such as letting users set a time window when they share their information. Also, ...

Rumor: Next iPhone to feature powerful Assistant, 1 GB of RAM (Updated)

by Steven Sande (Sep 26th, 2011)

Last week a reliable source (who asked not to be named) approached TUAW with information about upcoming iPhone features that sounded incredible. We didn't run the post at that time, however, both out of concern for the source and because we couldn't corroborate the details. This morning, 9to5 ...