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...

This will be the year of Don't Drive Into A Tree, judging by the steady stream of new location-aware applications for safer driving. What's in the app stores or about to become available ranges from inspired to idiotic, writes Christopher Backeberg...

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...

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...

The Apple App Store's ban on third-party apps that include location-based advertising has added a new twist to the exciting war movie - er, the contest to gain ad revenue - that developers have been watching with a mixture of trepidation and cynicism, writes Christopher Backeberg...

According to InMobi, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be a landmark event that will boost mobile advertising in South Africa.  Sharon Gill reports ...

Largely overshadowed by more provocative news right now, events of just as much long-term significance have been happening as 4G technology takes its baby steps towards revolutionising global mobile communications.

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...

Thomas Hallauer, TWB's associate editor, enjoyed a rare chance for a quiet chat with Nick Black, co-founder and head of products at CloudMade Inc. Nick threw light on future opportunities for OpenStreetMap (OSM) and the role his company may play in those developments...

The power and reach of location-based mobile technology have added new layers of efficiency to the form of grassroots democracy which has come to be known as Gov 2.0, writes Christopher Backeberg...