Google scraps Trusted Contacts app

Source: Google

The latest Google project to get cancelled is its Trusted Contacts app for mobile. The app was developed as a way to quickly yet securely share your location with your family and close friends so they can keep an eye on you or be able to find you in case of an emergency. But the company emailed users and posted on its website about the app shutting down on December 1. It joins similar projects like Google Latitude and Google+ Location Sharing that have been scrapped by the company. 

One way you can get location sharing on Google services is through Google Maps. As Engadget points out, the focus on Maps might be a good idea for overall privacy and access control as the app gets routinely updated. It also makes sense to place location-related features into the mapping app.