Nokia Acquires Social Networking Startup

<a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/06/23/breaking-germanys-plazes-acquired-by-nokia/">TechCrunch</a>, <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062308-nokia-to-acquire-social-networking.html">Network World</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

June 23, 2008

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Continuing its push into the mobile services world, Nokia has announced plans to buy Plazes, a Berlin-based social networking startup.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Plazes' location-based platform works on both mobile phones and Windows and Mac OS X computers; the 3-year-old company is also readying iPlazer, a new app for Apple's iPhone. " It was important to make sure that whoever buys us is actually interested in running and improving the service. So be prepared for some continuous improvements in the months to come," states Plazes' blog.

The deal -- just a few weeks after Vodafone's similar acquisition of ZYB -- is expected to close in Q3. Nokia has not been quiet about its desire to "transform itself into a next-generation entertainment company." Nearly a year ago it launched Ovi, an Internet service and online music store, and before that bought Gate5, whose technology fuels Nokia Maps.TechCrunch, Network World

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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