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Buzz comes, Buzz scores, Buzz changes

Mobile version of Buzz
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.

International SOS to use iFind Mobile

International SOS air ambulance
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.

Remote control through your phone

Parrot AR Drone

Smartphone features including location-based functions, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and augmented reality have opened a whole world of possibilities for using your phone as a remote control - and there are already some remarkable products entering the mobile remote control market, reports Christopher Backeberg...


Soundtrckr launches LBS music network

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

No coding needed to build AppVoyage ads

Creating an AppVoyage ad
AppVoyage, which offers a fully visual method for anyone to transform web content into mobile apps, has added new features to help create, launch and monitor ad campaigns.

Sixt rent-a-car launches Blackberry app

Rental from Sixt
Sixt rent-a-car UK has launched its new mobile rental booking application for Blackberry smartphones. The new app is compatible with Blackberry models including the Curve, Bold, Pearl and Storm models.

Qualcomm Brew revamp extends to smartphones

Qualcomm Brew
Qualcomm is revamping its Brew Mobile Platform to make it more attractive to handset makers, developers and mobile operators. The revamped Brew will integrate social networking, e-mail and location-based services (LBS).

We Meet SMS app for emerging markets

We Meet app for emerging markets
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.

Quiksee makes everyone a mapper

Quiksee overlaid on Google Maps
Quiksee, a multimedia app released by an Israeli start-up of the same name, takes mobile mapping to a new and much more informal and personal level. It allows any user to upload images or video to Google Maps.

Exaktime turns BlackBerry into a job clock

Smartphones do it better
Exaktime has introduced PocketClock/GPS for BlackBerry, an app that turns a BlackBerry smartphone into a portable GPS time clock and management tool for supervisors in the field.