Facebook disactivates tool for finding friends

After making its new Find Friends Nearby function public on Sunday, Facebook disactivated the service Monday.

By:AFP
| Updated on: Jun 26 2012, 18:33 IST

After making its new Find Friends Nearby function public on Sunday, Facebook disactivated the service Monday.

Website TechCrunch revealed on Sunday that Facebook had put into service a tool on both its website and mobile appliactions that would allow users to see a list of members from their group of friends who were also connected and in the same geographic area.

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FFN (for Find Friends Nearby) is no longer available.

Friendthem can be downloaded for iOS or Android: friendthem.com

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First Published Date: 26 Jun, 18:29 IST
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