Only days after the talk started about Facebook adding location-awareness, Twitter has added geo-location features to its Tweeting network.

WaveMarket has joined the Veriplace Cloud Location Platform Initiative, providing access to location infrastructure to more than 1,000 third party developers using the Veriplace Location platform.

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...

Masternaut Three X is the official tracking supplier for Sport Relief's Million Pound Bike Ride, in which seven celebrities will cycle from John O'Groats to Lands End within four days.

Rosum Corporation and Siano have launched the ALLOY^TM chip for femtocells, trackers and mobile TV devices - extending location-based services beyond the limitations of traditional GPS.

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...

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.

Foursquare, Brightkite and a smaller social network, TriOut, have published their reactions to PleaseRobMe.com, a tongue-in-cheek website with a jagged edge.

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.