Comments on: Breaking: Germany’s Plazes Acquired By Nokia

By: Where Are You?

Where Are You? — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:22:50 +0000

[...] Plazes took far too long to jump over to the GPS-savvy iPhone, and by the time Nokia acquired them, I’d forgotten all about them. I recently installed the app (my Plazes profile is here), and [...]

By: Google Injects Ads And User-Generated Content Into iPhone Maps

Google Injects Ads And User-Generated Content Into iPhone Maps — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:14:43 +0000

[...] I also wonder how Apple, which loves to have total control of its devices, feels about these additions. Google helped Apple build the default Maps application, but it is still one of Apple’s own apps and now it seems that Google can simply inject any content it wants into Maps from its end. Also a bit odd is that this particular piece of user-generated content comes from the location-based social network Plazes, which is owned by mobile rival Nokia. [...]

By: NewGenNews » Dopplr: Why is Nokia continuing to buy small companies for their portfolio?

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:31:42 +0000

[...] that Nokia Maps will benefit from the expertise and ideals of Dopplr in much the same way as when Nokia acquired Plazes last year. And of course Nokia Maps itself is a result of the Gate5 purchase for a rumoured $250 [...]

By: Breaking News - Plazes geht an Nokia | ethority weblog

Breaking News - Plazes geht an Nokia | ethority weblog — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:59:21 +0000

[...] für die Mobilbranche immer interessanter zu werden, denn bereits im Mai ging das dänische Startup ZYB für 31.5 Millionen Euro an Vodafone. Social Bookmarks: Posted in Brands & Markets, News [...]

By: Facebook Will Take Another Step Into The Location Game Tomorrow With Nokia

Facebook Will Take Another Step Into The Location Game Tomorrow With Nokia — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:52:45 +0000

[...] app looks to be a direct result of the Nokia purchase of the location-based social network Plazes, in the summer of 2008. As you can see in the [...]

By: Nokia Purchases Plazes : Knew IT

Nokia Purchases Plazes : Knew IT — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:15:24 +0000

[...] via TechCrunch [...]

By: 2008 Year End Acquisitions Post » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

2008 Year End Acquisitions Post » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:49:15 +0000

[...] is a location based social network. TechCrunch | GigaOm | VentureBeat [...]

By: Nokia übernimmt Plazes - das Handy macht gläsern : The Strategy Web

Nokia übernimmt Plazes - das Handy macht gläsern : The Strategy Web — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 07:07:11 +0000

[...] wird Plazes nur, wenn viele Leute mitmachen. Nachdem Plazes gestern von Nokia gekauft wurde, wie Techcrunch berichtet, steht dem wohl nichts mehr im Weg. Mit Hilfe von Nokia würfte Plazes sprunghaft [...]

By: VeilleMarketing.ch» Médias Sociaux Non classé » Nokia lance Friend View, son réseau social local

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:56:01 +0000

[...] et ne semble pas bénéficier de l’héritage de Plazes (racheté en début d’année : Germany’s Plazes Acquired By Nokia). Visiblement les premières impressions sont plutôt mitigées ( First Impression Of Nokia Friend [...]

By: Web2Logs - Nokia Debuts Friend View Beta, A Location-Aware Microblogging Application

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:50:50 +0000

[...] first, we thought this had something to do with Nokia’s acquisition of location-based service Plazes earlier this year, but peculiarly the Plazes team released a mobile version of their own just [...]

By: Nokia Debuts Friend View Beta, A Location-Aware Microblogging Application : VCsAndAngels - Venture Capital / VCs, Angel Investors, Startup News, Etc

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:01:34 +0000

By: Nokia Debuts Friend View Beta, A Location-Aware Microblogging Application

Nokia Debuts Friend View Beta, A Location-Aware Microblogging Application — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:39:01 +0000

By: Nokia comprará la canadiense Oz Communications - Movil de Lujo

Nokia comprará la canadiense Oz Communications - Movil de Lujo — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:32:06 +0000

[...] que a lo largo de su historia, Nokia ha comprado compañías similares a Oz, como Loudeye, Twango, Plazes, Enpocket y [...]

By: Tid, sted og anvendelse » Nettendenser.dk

Tid, sted og anvendelse » Nettendenser.dk — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:59:59 +0000

[...] at se, hvor vennerne befinder sig. Eksempler på det er Bliin, Brightkite, Gypsii, Loopt, Plazes (lige solgt til Nokia) og mange mange flere. De fleste af tjenesterne har enten via det mobile internet eller små [...]

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By: Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:53:14 +0000

[...] is a location based social network. TechCrunch | GigaOm | VentureBeat [...]

By: TechTear - Blog Magazine de Tecnologia » Nokia adquirió Plazes

TechTear - Blog Magazine de Tecnologia » Nokia adquirió Plazes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:24:48 +0000

[...] | TechCrunch Alejandro De Girolami Martes 24 de Junio de 2008 a las 9:55 Noticia de Móviles [...]

By: Google Maps ‘Bike There’ | Nokia Maps 2.0; online mapping dealmaking all around

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:01:39 +0000

[...] Nokia has been on an acquisition spree, as have other mapping companies. They recently purchased a Berlin-based mobile social networking company called Plazes (more). [...]

By: Symbian: Android for the rest of us? » mathewingram.com/work |

Symbian: Android for the rest of us? » mathewingram.com/work | — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:50:49 +0000

[...] Nokia’s announcement this morning that it is acquiring the rest of the Symbian mobile operating system it doesn’t already own (about 52 per cent) and turning it into an open-source OS that anyone can contribute to and use seems like an arrow aimed straight at the heart of Android, the Google mobile effort that is still in its infancy but promises great things. Nokia is clearly threatened by the giant Web company’s plans, and has been bulking up in all sorts of ways. [...]

By: Me

Me — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:51:45 +0000

Christoph Maire, one of the founders of Gate5 was a board member / advisor at Plazes. Here’s his biography: http://www.whar...io-s-maire.html

And an interview with eHub. http://www.emil...terview/plazes/

I think the Gate5 acquisition had more than a little to do with this one.

By: Nokia getting serious with Open Source Symbian | Oliver Thylmann's Thoughts

Nokia getting serious with Open Source Symbian | Oliver Thylmann's Thoughts — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:55:25 +0000

[...] a day. First Nokia bought Plazes (Congrats!) and now they offer to buy the remaining 52% of Symbian and have launched the Symbian [...]

By: Breaking: Nokia acquires Symbian - Creates Symbian Foundation uniting all mobile industry leaders

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:28:15 +0000

[...] Here are breaking news releases from Nokia (just after acquiring Plazes)- [...]

By: Blair Swedeen

Blair Swedeen — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:13:39 +0000

Nokia and Google continue to push the market towards location-relevance. With Plazes, Nokia extends their reach beyond the mobile phone to the laptop.

It will be interesting to watch Nokia, who is in a very unique position to push out the content creation tools (handsets with GPS, cameras, text and audio capture) for what will become the GeoWeb of location-relevant content created and shared by users.

Great purchase for Nokia!

By: myWidowMaker

myWidowMaker — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:14:47 +0000

someone said Nokia bought GATE-5 for 250 million and created nokia maps.
i thought that was the 8.1 billion dollar navteg deal. where is nokias anchor domain on the internet. i hope they dont plan on taking plazes domain name mainstream. plazes, places, plasays, playsays………….it takes some getting used too. as long as i can remember Plazes rhymes with Blazes ill find the site. nokia would dominate vertical location based mobile and internet services if they owned a premium strategic vertical location based domain name network. Phones are not phones anymore. They are Locators! He who owns the greatest Strategic Locator Channel Network wins this location game online and mobile. CommentLocator.com
technologyhttp://vator.tv/pitch/show/MyLocatorcom?from_my_pitches=true

By: Waltraud Wang

Waltraud Wang — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:34:45 +0000

Congrats to Jeanny who works so hard for places