The Nixle location-based service (LBS) for community messaging has succeeded so well in the United States that the company is planning to launch internationally.

Intersec Group, a French provider of new-generation telecommunications software for mobile and integrated operators, has released Geolocator IGLOO Version 1.1, a location-based services (LBS) enabler.

Within three days of its launch last week, Google Buzz had generated 9 million posts and comments, proving its instant popularity as a location-aware social network updater and integrator for use with Google Mail.

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

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

Apisphere has raised $4.6 million for the development of mobile geolocation applications. The company is a startup which has already delivered location-aware technologies for mobile apps.

Nike is running a branded mobile advertising campaign, Nike True City, that enables the many dedicated followers of the brand to share common interests, values and activities through a location-based city guide with a social networking component.

The Fast Pitch! online business network has become the first social network of its kind to integrate geolocation into its platform. The network chose Foursquare to power the new location-based feature.

The power and reach of location-based mobile technology have added new layers of efficiency to the form of grassroots democracy which has come to be known as Gov 2.0, writes Christopher Backeberg...

Noticings, a geotagging app, turns photos into a game. Judging by some of the submissions on the Noticings website it also generates some amusing and creative photography.