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Lonely Planet on Vodafone mobile in UK

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

metaio launches AR real estate channels

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

Layar Stream finds nearby AR content

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

Peekaboo to build on crowd-sourced coupons

Peekaboo to build on crowd-sourced coupons
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.

Myxer launches location-based wallpaper

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

Cross-platform cloud solution from FeedHenry

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

All-in-one travel app from NileGuide

What's Next app from NileGuide
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.

Nixle eyes international LBS community messaging

Nixle community service LBS 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 to partner with AlterGeo for location-based search

The AlterGeo iPhone portal
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 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.