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Nokia has bought Plazes for an undisclosed amount. Plazes is a German location-aware social network site,  which basically lets users know where their friends are.
As discussed at mashup*’s Being Digital last week, location is a really hot topic right now, with everyone in the industry having a go at creating a location/mobile/social network mashup (although ... Read more

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Stable Media, LLC has teamed up with Wyndstorm to create riplounge – the upcoming virtual world for social networking. The beta version of which launched earlier this week.
The past few years has seen the launch of loads of virtual worlds. Some of the more recent have had a blatant approach to self-promotion, but most people ... Read more