Soundtrckr has launched a free application and website that serve as a location-based mobile social music network.

The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in the US has taken the lead for privacy groups in filing a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about Facebook's latest privacy settings.

Nokia Research Centre in Bangalore, India, is piloting We Meet, an SMS application that determines the user's location without GPS. Instead the app determines location based on Cell Broadcast Service (CBS) messages.

Buzzd has released an iPhone version of its city guide app which has become one of the 10 most downloaded apps for BlackBerry.

Skyhook Wireless has teamed up with mmatcher, a social networking service available in the Android Market.

After a week of industry speculation, it's official  -  Nokia has acquired social travel network, Dopplr.

Pixelpipe users can now attach geolocation information to status updates which can be posted to more than 30 services.

Nokia has acquired certain assets of Boston, Massachusetts-based Plum Ventures, which will become part of Nokia's Services unit.

Nokia has announced a partnership with Facebook - lifecasting with Ovi - that can change how people connect with each other.

Vodacom's The Grid, South Africa's first location-based mobile social network, brings on-board integration with instant messaging (IM) clients and satellite imagery to standard mobile phones.