For teenagers and 20-somethings, who are fond of sharing their comings and goings on the Internet, youth-oriented services like Loopt and Buddy Beacon are a natural next step.And yeah... I disabled GPS on my phone, shortly after I got it.
Sam Altman, the 22-year-old co-founder of Loopt, said he came up with the idea in early 2005 when he walked out of a lecture hall at Stanford.
“Two hundred students all pulled out their cellphones, called someone and said, ‘Where are you?’ ” he said. “People want to connect.”
If G.P.S. made it harder to get lost, new cellphone services are now making it harder to hide.
Calling Big Brother
In today's geeky, gadget filled world... you can run, but good luck with that hiding thing.
