Facebook Pulls Find Friends Nearby Test

Facebook killed the "Find Friends Nearby" feature only a day after it rolled out unannounced to some mobile users and under threat of a lawsuit from a company that claimed copyright infringement.

Find Friends Nearby, first called "Friendshake," was created in-house by one of its engineers during a company hackathon and was merely a test which was rolled out to some users, according to Facebook.

This wasn't a formal release -- this was something that a few engineers were testing," a Facebook spokesperson told Mashable. "With all tests, some get released as full products, others don't. Nothing more to say on this for now - we'll communicate to everyone when there is something…
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