Plazes

[2] The service was continually updated and began to attract attention on technology blogs.

[5] In January 2005, Plazes introduced a Movable Type plugin that allowed users to automatically include or add their location to blog postings.

[12] Plazer is available for Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone and iPod touch, and Symbian.

[15] In August 2007, Nokia announced that it was moving into the services field with the introduction of Ovi.

As part of the acquisition, Plazes gained access to the millions of users that own a Nokia device.

[17] At the same time, Nokia gained technology and a research team that was on the cutting edge of the geosocial networking trend.

[19] Post acquisition, Plazes became part of Nokia's Services business unit.

[18] On 4 May 2012 the Plazes team sent an email message for their users informing that on the next week will go out of service.