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Tagged Embraces Mobile To Help You Meet People Offline Too With New City-Exploring App Sidewalk

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http://techcrunch.com – Tagged isn’t doing too shabby, introducing you to people to flirt and make friends with online. It’s got 300 million registrations and 3 million daily users. Now it’s stepping into offline meetups by launching standalone app Sidewalk that feeds you fun happenings in your city, as well as who you might run into where you’re hanging out. Snap a geo-tagged photo of what you’re up to and a fellow Sidewalker might come say “Hi!” Sidewalk is now available for iOS and Android, but is only operating in San Francisco for now. Time For Tagged To Tap Mobile When (IT news)

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