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Both Facebook and Google Talk are going mobile, according to stories in Red Herring and the Wall Street Journal. CNet flags the Journal story, about Google teaming up with Finnish cell-phone company Nokia to offer its Google Talk instant-message service on a Wi-Fi enabled device similar to its Nokia 770 Intertet Tablet, rather than over a cellular network. (An announcement is expected Tuesday.) Meanwhile, Red Herring reports that Facebook is building a WAP site that will let its 7 million members browse their friend networks from mobile devices.

Why do we care? Facebook is one of the major players in social networking, and Google — via Gmail, Google Talk and other apps — occupies a similarly heavyweight position in terms of connecting people online. Moving these players into the mobile space will drive the development of geospatial apps that piggyback on the popularity of Google’s and Facebook’s networks. That’s a good thing, since it means we’ll eventually (and probably not long from now) see new mobile apps pop up that seek to connect people in real space as well as online. Very 3pointD.