Apple’s Working on a New Social Location App Called iGroups
Another gem from the USPTO has been uncovered by he team at Patently Apple. This time it appears Apple are working on a social networking app called iGroups.
The app is likely to tie in with your iPhone and MobileMe and will make it possible for groups of users to share information around events. Events could include concerts, tradeshows, business meetings, weddings, rallies etc..
According to the patent, the app will be able to detect users location and group them according to their GPS co-ordinates.
Of course, this is likely to compete head on with other geo-location apps like Gowalla and Foursquare, as well as New York based Hot Potato who focus exclusively on discussion around live events.
More details to come, bear with us.
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