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YellowPin has recently launched a simple social networking tool that lets your Facebook friends know where you are when you update via mobile. It explicitly doesn’t work with GPS, so folks only transmit their location when they want to, and aren’t perpetually checking over their shoulder for stalkers. It works by sending SMS commands like “pl valley view center, dallas, tx.” to 555888, which then updates your location for friends to see. Facebook is a solid start, and it’s entirely likely that YellowPin will spread out to other application-capable social networks in due time (Twitter, maybe?). Not a bad little service, and it only costs a dollar each month. Interested? Go ahead and take a look.
About The Author
Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
