European startup
Plazes , which is an extension for Google Maps and allowing people in the vicinity to “find out” and get to know, announced that he has received funding of $ 3.5 million from Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures.
Plazes integrates with Skype, provides a widget for installation on sites that displays the user's location, and also has an SMS service that allows you to locate "friends." Currently, the audience of the resource is about 40 thousand active participants, and their number is steadily growing, writes
Michael Arrington (Michael Arrington), the creator and the permanent lead tehnoblog C TechCrunch.