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Find My Friends MobileMe feature found in iOS 4.3 beta release

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 13th, 2011)

Yesterday, Apple rolled out iOS 4.3 beta to developers, and the first look at the latest iOS version yielded up some gems, including multi-touch gestures, hotspot functionality, a return of the orientation lock and new camera effects. Earlier today, MacRumors uncovered settings for a feature called ...

Apple's patent for Concert Ticket+ could change your concert experience

by David Winograd (Apr 20th, 2010)

We know that Apple has a propensity for patenting anything that moves, and most of them don't see the light of day. But Patently Apple has written, in copious detail, about a very interesting one called Concert Ticket+. I would bet money on the likelihood of this one becoming a reality. It all ...

iGroups patent suggests Apple is looking at social networking

by Mike Schramm (Mar 18th, 2010)

A new Apple patent is going around that offers up something called "iGroups" functionality -- it seems to be a kind of location-based social networking, including an ad-hoc currency functionality between a crowd of Apple devices. It's pretty interesting, though it sounds more like an idea Apple is ...