Garmin Gadgets Get “Buddy Beacon”

August 19th, 2008 | Category: Gadget News

GPS giant Garmin is teaming up with a company called uLocate to add the “friend-finding” service, Buddy Beacon to Garmin GPS devices. The alliance enables GPS-based

“social networking.” Users will be able to, for example, auto-update FACEBOOK PROFILES using Garmin GPS gadgets.

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