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Title: Positioning phones to create new social networks - Reuters Post by: Mark David on May 23, 2007, 11:08:58 AM Finding friends and meeting new ones could become even more important uses for global positioning chips than getting from A to B as the technology spreads to cell phones in coming years. Combined with mobile Internet access, GPS (global positioning system) is seen in the industry as adding a new dimension to social networking that could also have implications for the media business. "GPS tells me that today I'm sitting somewhere at 48 degrees north, 2 degrees east. Is that really that much value if I know I'm sitting in Paris?" said Miles Flint, head of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson.
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