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I was just over @ scobleizer and watched a demo of a new geo-presence service called plazes.com. It looked cool so I checked it out. The service allows you to publish your current location or ‘plaze’ and also find the ‘plazes’ of your friends. There is a desktop app available for both Mac and PC along with an SMS service that allows you to update from your mobile. They also offer a flash widget for placing on your Facebook profile or your blog to show people where you are. On the face of it this seem interesting but as with everything online the potential for invasion of privacy abounds. Plazes does allow you to limit if your current ‘plaze’ is available only to friends or to the general public. You can see the widget by clicking on the navigation link above.