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.

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.

fabulis, launched at the start of this year as a network for gay men in New York, has raised $625,000 in seed capital to establish a web presence and launch a location-aware social network for iPhone.

Google has launched a location-based, mobile click-to-call feature that lets smartphone users call a vendor directly simply by clicking on an ad.

Metro, the top free daily in Canada and the largest international newspaper in the world, will be the news media partner in Foursquare's first venture into location-based editorial content.

Clip Mobile, a Toronto-based interactive mobile marketing firm, has launched Canada's first location-based mobile coupon network.

Twitter has started introducing a location-based trending topics product, Local Trends, for users to follow what's happening nearby.

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.