US.Zkout - Mobile Social Network with Live Maps

ZKOUT is a social network that allows you to communicate and track your friends in real time from your desktop or your mobile phone. Users can upload photos and videos right from their mobile phone and friends can check out the new submission on a map which displays the user’s location and what they are up to. This is great tool for seeing who’s hanging out in your area and what they are doing in real-time. In Twitter fashion, users can also choose to follow you and receive all of your multimedia updates making this a great way to stay in touch with old friends and to meet new ones.

“ZKOUT (pronounced "scout") is the social tool that instantly connects you to the people and places around you. Let your friends know what you are doing and where you are in real time from your mobile phone or computer!”

People will like the fact that they can upload videos and photos from their mobile phone and have that information tied to their location on a map. This could become a very popular tool due to its robust nature.

After taking the tour it is still unclear exactly how they determine your coordinates and the question arises as to whether they are using geo-location to track your phone or whether users simply enter their coordinates. If they are tracking your location through the GPS tracking device in your phone, people may have issues with privacy.