Vodafone UK has made Lonely Planet available to mobile customers through Telmap's mobile search, navigation and mapping services.

metaio has entered separate partnerships with two property services to launch their mobile services in augmented reality (AR) on the junaio platform.

Layar has announced Layar Stream, an app that instantly shows what augmented reality (AR) content is available in the vicinity of the user.

Peekaboo, a location-based social network from Byte Ventures, will make use of crowd sourcing to find the best deals and coupons for its members.

In yet another imaginative use of location awareness in smartphones, Myxer has launched a location-based phone wallpaper app for Androids.

FeedHenry has released the first end-to-end, cross-platform, cloud-based solution for extending mobile applications.

What's Next, a new NileGuide location-based travel app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, provides access to top global destinations by offering in-depth, personalised and interactive content in a single app.

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.

Yandex, the leading Russian search engine, will partner with the AlterGeo hybrid positioning startup to add location-based features to the Yandex maps and toolbar web applications.

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