The Galileo Application Days in Brussels last week did something that too few technical gatherings do effectively - the event drew in droves of non-technical visitors. They came to interact with dozens of location and navigation applications that demonstrated what the Galileo project might deliver, writes Christopher Backeberg...

Intersec Group, a French provider of new-generation telecommunications software for mobile and integrated operators, has released Geolocator IGLOO Version 1.1, a location-based services (LBS) enabler.

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.

Trevor Hawthorn, founder and managing principal at Stratum Security, has warned that a free iTunes location-based game called Underworld: SweetDeal could expose players to physical as well as digital security risks.

FindWhere has licensed its iFind Mobile solution to International SOS, the world's leading provider of medical assistance, international healthcare, security services and outsourced customer care.

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.

Point Inside has launched a free indoor navigation app which it claims is the most comprehensive yet for shoppers at top malls across North America. The app runs on Android, iPhone and iPod Touch handsets

TASER, a name usually synonymous with stun guns, has launched a new safety product - an application toolset that lets parents supervise their children's mobile phone usage and driving behaviour.

Mobcast, a new social networking app for the iPhone, lets you broadcast your location to your existing Facebook friends in the same way as Foursquare and Google Latitude.

Video interview with Jim Nardulli, vice president worldwide sales for Nav N Go, on market gains for Nav N Go and the new challenge from Google Maps Navigation.