Social networking that tracks where you are
This exceprt from BBC News Online…
Online social networks already allow users to share photos, videos and update friends on everything they do. Now a new generation of sites is going a step further, using satellite positioning to track users’ whereabouts.Ian Walker is making his way across the car park outside of his office on Liverpool’s Edge Lane.
His friends can watch his journey into work because he’s connected to Bliin, one of the new generation of social networking sites that is using satellite positioning technology.
Users with Global Positioning System (GPS) enabled mobile phones log-on using a small application loaded onto the handset.
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Several other companies are developing sites, including Trackut and Canadian-based Kakiloc, however the dominant websites MySpace and Facebook say they currently have no plans to integrate tracking systems.
The is also mentioned on Mashable here, and other details on Technorati here.