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Google Latitude launches Leaderboards, your friendly global check-in competition
Feb 20th, 2012
Remember Google Latitude? The little Google feature that comes alongside its Maps application which allows you to see the location of your friends and how to get to them by public transportation, walking or bicycling? The app was quickly forgotten under the radar of iOS 5′s Find My Friends, and even though it added a check-in function much to the likes of Facebook Places and Foursquare, it never became quite as popular to do so. So was Google's solution to quietly add a Leaderboard function over the weekend to give users points for checking into places? (Source: Digital Trends) -
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