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Demo: Using the New Path Social Network

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    Tech Take: Clayton Morris demos the new Path social network app for iOS and Android

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Okay.

Hitter Claymores -- -- fox tactic today wanna talk to you about -- of my favorite news social networks it's called path never heard of it.

Well it is basically -- cleaner nicer less messy no ads version.

Of FaceBook and introduce -- So -- -- -- different -- and much more intimate social network and FaceBook you can only follow up to about a hundred individuals.

So you choose to follow -- close family and friends and I ignore everybody else no offense.

I can share much more intimate details about my life.

For instance if I -- share a photo of my son running around in his diapers I don't wanna blast that out and many people on Twitter I want to share with my mom my wife.

Maybe my sister my dad that's what -- If you're a little scared to share your location with people on FaceBook or Twitter while with half if your friends -- only ten individuals who are really close to you chances are.

In -- -- creeped out by sharing that -- at home with your mom or your dad you can share to Twitter and FaceBook right from the app.

It's simple just by clicking down here at the bottom.

You can find friends who were on the path by connecting through FaceBook and Twitter as well.

You can do simple status updates by sharing a photo.

Adding your own commentary to that photo you can -- location based status update it'll find the locations and businesses that are nearby.

For instance I'm at this particular coffee shop.

-- I can add which friends are currently with me at the coffee shops all these two friends.

There with me here that other people can comment on my status updates.

They can click on a little heart smiley face off a sad face to let them know that hey I've senior post -- like it.

I'd love it.

-- here's my -- comment about that place.

One thing you'll notice there are a lot of fun lenses to play with in the photos app.

Here's Diana this special and you can also choose normal and you can buy some other ones as well.

Another cool feature of path.

Is am listening to -- particular song right now.

-- click on the button.

At what song I'm listening to what artist and my other friends on path can click on it and listen to it as well it's a great little feature to find and discover news.

And a feature beloved by almost all of my friends on path is the awake asleep feature stamp on little picture of the moon and I'm going to sleep.

It turns my phone into a peaceful little moon -- this.

And when I wake up I can wake I'm back -- -- On my friends know I'm a week in New York.

There you go that's a quick look at path the social network for the people that are tired of all the noise in the advertisements.

To next time I'm Clayton Morris.

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