Google Latitude

WHAT IT IS: Google Latitude is a new feature available in updated versions of Google Maps that lets you see the "real-time" position of any friends, family, workers, etc. that agree to let you track them. You can choose if your friends can see your exact location OR just what city you're in. You can even decide when to turn it off altogether.

WHY IT'S COOL: Imagine you are meeting a friend downtown and want to see if they have left yet...just pull up Google Maps and check their location to see if they are on the move or even how close they are. Maybe you work when your kid comes home from school and you would like to make sure they get home OK. Maybe you even lost your phone and you just need to locate the place that you left it. Trust me, Latitude is SWEET!

GET IT: Download Google maps. See Spring Mobile post here. You will also need a Google account and Data Unlimited if you don't already.