I'd like to explain the simple procedure of checking in using the Facebook API on an iPhone. I'll also mention an idea that I think would do well in the App Store and that can be easily implemented using this tutorial. I have not seen this app in the store yet and I hope that one of you beats me to it.

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Tyler White, 23, shown at his home in Santa Fe earlier this month, won $10,000 this summer as the top prize in an international program-design contest for iPhone and iPad applications.

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“My inspiration for developing this app is my hope that new and interesting social patterns will emerge,” said Tyler White. ‘”For example, if your friends are hungry friends, you might start seeing your map populated by pictures of food and restaurants. If your friends are world travelers that enjoy the outdoors and van trips, your map may have an emergent theme of barren deserts and roadside assistance. This level of synchronicity is yet to be determined.”

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