Apple Researching How the iPhone Can Help You Make New Friends

ejb190 said:
This could be fun. Imagine the software lets you know that the guy you are sitting next to has some of the same phone numbers in his phone book as you do.

Maybe your doctor...
Your Divorce Attorney...
Your ex-wife...
Your teenage daughter...
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He better get soap-on-a-rope. And if he's not already sitting down, I'll tell him to "have a seat right over there".
 
MacRumors said:
...For example. GPS tracking could identify people who have traveled to the same locations. Phone numbers and contacts can be compared, as well as common bookmarks or games played on device. Overall the application is a fascinating read. They even suggest that facial recognition features could be used to identify common contacts.
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I think it's funny :D

So it could be something like: "Someone with a big nose is in your neighborhood right now. Do you want to ping him?" ;)

I don't know about the "common bookmarks" part 'tho...:eek:
 
I know how the iPhone can help you lose old friends.

Fiddling with it during a conversation is one way.

You ever talk to someone and they're checking their facebook? Annoying:eek:
 
I don't get why people are freaking out. There is clearly an option for being invisible!!!

I would love to see this feature in iOS. Imagine how much more time you could spend with your friends if you can see where they are. "Oh he/she's close, let's catch up!" Come on people! :)
 
I don't understand all of the negativity about this. It seems like a great way to meet people with similar interests. Like something that will foster real, in-person interaction instead of virtual on-line stuff. This seems to be about actually meeting someone face to face. What's creepy about that?

Once you are out of school, it's difficult to meet people with similar interests. As long as you can choose what is shared and that sharing is completely optional, what's the problem?
 
has anyone ever read "super sad true love story"?
this is like a page out of that book!!
seems cool, but i'm sure no one will use it:/
 
Profiling at its best, why not make fashionable and appealing and people will accept it as normal in time.

Our society is becoming or should I say already is way to dysfunctional!
 
Suddenly the bleak future in those Twilight Zone episodes, where people become helpless when their internet and comm devices fail, seems closer than ever...

Jeez, soon no bodily fluid exchanges, either.

And how the heck do you use those three seashells, anyway?
 
Isn’t this just viral marketing for that fall 2011 horror movie? “Sam I Am,” based on the Stephen King short story “Samantha."

The trailer shows a phone saying “Sam I Am is 15 Yards Away From You” and then a scream. And a glimpse of some wide-headed, one-eyed, stringy-haired subhuman creature very much like the one in that “patent illustration.”
 
This is so creepy and a real indictment on where our society is headed right now.
I'm sure that many out there love the direction Apple is taking of late.
Me...I'm one who hates it in most ways and see myself jumping ship for the first time since I bought my first Mac over 2 decades ago.
Big Brother is alive and well and living in Cupertino.
 
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This strikes me as pretty sad.

Then again, I'm married and met my wife the old fashioned way; while drinking. :)
 
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