Dublin has become the first city in the world to launch an augmented reality (AR) app to promote local tourism.

AOL has acquired Rally Up, a mobile app developer whose products include the Rally Up location-based social network.

Wikitude Drive, considered the first mobile augmented reality (AR) navigation system with global maps, is set for its worldwide launch. The key men behind its development tell Christopher Backeberg how the system was developed and what makes it so different...

u-blox has introduced a next-generation GPS module based on the latest u-blox 6 platform - the LEA-6R, which comes with u-blox's proprietary Sensor Fusion Dead-Reckoning technology integrated.

Qualcomm will be extending its research activities by setting up Qualcomm Services Labs (QSL) to incubate new services and applications aimed at tapping mobile technology.

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

Women are adopting the mobile Web at a quicker pace than men, according to an international survey by Opera Software on the use of its Mini browser.

Nokia and Intel have entered a joint venture based on the MeeGo operating system to bring 3D and virtual worlds to mobile devices.

In a not-to-be-missed saga of impending world domination, Christopher Backeberg extracts the essence of about a zillion news reports, reviews and analyses on the launch of Facebook Places last week and its implications for location-based services (LBS)...

While Facebook and its 500 million users steal the limelight with their new Places feature, location-based social network MyTown has passed the 3 million membership milepost.