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Useful Networks partners with MoVoxx on LBS ads

MoVoxx mobile ad
Useful Networks will partner with MoVoxx to launch geo-targeted, cross-platform mobile ad campaigns across the MoVoxx in-application and SMS advertising network.

This LBS game comes with physical risk

Underworld SweetDeal
Trevor Hawthorn, founder and managing principal at Stratum Security, has warned that a free iTunes location-based game called Underworld: SweetDeal could expose players to physical as well as digital security risks.

Dearth of cross-platform LBS apps

Illustration from the free Skyhook report
There are only 43 cross-platform location-based service (LBS) apps among the total of more than 7,000 LBS apps available from the Apple, Android and Blackberry app stores, according to a new report from Skyhook.

International SOS to use iFind Mobile

International SOS air ambulance
FindWhere has licensed its iFind Mobile solution to International SOS, the world's leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, security services and outsourced customer care.

Build your own LBS network with CloseBys

CloseBys
CloseBys.com will announce its "create your own location-based network" feature at Macworld, San Francisco, on February 11.

Kuberoot app organises your locations

Kuberoot Location Organiser
Kuberoot.com has released its Location Organizer app for iPhone to help users organise important locations and associated information.

Find a thousand things with Glu Mobile

Hunting for oddities with Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile, a global publisher of mobile games, has announced the availability of its 1000: Find 'Em All! location-based game.

Loopt check-ins help Haiti

Haiti earthquake aftermath
The Loopt location-based mobile social network is donating $1 to relief efforts in Haiti for every user who checks in at a Chipotle, Whole Foods or Panera Bread outlet before midnight on Sunday, February 7.

QuickMap Developer builds LBS apps

Filtering results in QuickMap Developer
The QuickMap Developer Toolkit just released by MapData Sciences provides the tools for programmers and analysts to create professional, interactive location-based service (LBS) applications.

Location-aware state lotteries for USA

Maryland state mobile lottery

Mobile Lottery LLC has launched in the USA to expand state lotteries to mobile devices in the 42 states where lotteries are allowed.


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