The dawn of the new age instant messengers are here. Location based social networking softwares like mates and Meetro are hitting the streets.

mates
mates is a location based social networking system in the form of a robust web service. You are able to automatically create and populate buddy lists based on the people in your classroom, your office building, or even your neighborhood.

mates is will be available for download soon. But before you do that, take a look at the technology behind it.

Meetro
I’ve got some rumors that Google might have a hand on this one.

“It’s called triangulation. We can figure out where you are based on the Wi-Fi signals around you. You can find out within a couple-hundred-foot radius where the person is located.”

Freaky don’t you think? Go grab your usernames before they disappear!