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.

QderoPateo has announced the launch of its first Blu-Pons location-based advertising network. The system has been installed at Independence Mall in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Last week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona produced insights into likely major developments in major areas of mobile location-based services (LBS). Where is the industry headed in location-based advertising, social networking and technology, and who will make the greatest gains? Christopher Backeberg sums up...

Foursquare, Brightkite and a smaller social network, TriOut, have published their reactions to PleaseRobMe.com, a tongue-in-cheek website with a jagged edge.

Mobile phones have overtaken desktop computers for connecting to social networks, according to research by the Ruder Finn public relations agency.

Tourism Vancouver in partnership with SatSports and HTC has launched City Smart, the world's first completely interactive tourist and sporting event mobile application. The app includes location-based services (LBS) and street navigation.

How do you introduce "articulated naturality", a term most people have never heard, and make it commercially viable in the mobile market? One way is to launch to a market that doesn't exist yet because the technology is so new, writes Christopher Backeberg...

Metaio has presented its Unifeye augmented reality (AR) software development kit (SDK) at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Hot on the heels of an agreement with GyPSii, Telmap has announced a partnership with 4th Screen Advertising, strengthening Telmap's plans to offer location-based advertising.

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.