The weekly LBSzone social location news round-up – now billed as "The Social Location Report" was recently released… enjoy the latest news and tips on mobile tech, LBS, and social location
Welcome to another mobile/social location news update. To start, an update about Loopt and their addition of social location rewards. Loopt officially blogged about Star last week where they described the addition of loyalty rewards for users as achievements and real rewards from some of your favorite brands, like special offers, discounts, and free music. Some of the brands on board at launch include Starbucks, Stanford U, and the Gap. Will badges and offers of discounts encourage you to become a Star? See more about this HERE. and recall we looked at features of Loopt and other social location tools a while back in this article, enabling you to compare functionality.
Looking at this week’s LBS newsmakers, a few interesting tidbits including: iparkmycar App for iPhone and iPod Touch launches – The app uses the iPhone’s GPS capabilities to help users make informed decisions on where to park by showing every option, whether it’s a car park, on street or Pay and Display, plus the relevant costs, revealing parking hidden gems and taking the stress out of parking in London; Meego battles the odds in platform war – Announced in February, MeeGo will effectively combine Intel’s netbook-focused Moblin platform with Nokia’s cross-platform application framework, Qt, and the cellular integration work Nokia has done in its own Maemo Linux flavour; metaio and kooaba: Taking Mobile Augmented Reality to new Levels – As a first example users will be able to take any CD cover and access the related online information simply by pointing their smartphone at the CD.
Over on the AnyGeo blog (blog.gisuser.com) we’ve shared a number of cool noteworthy items including: some notes from a road trip including details of how the mobile apps you really need often aren’t available for use; A major GIS industry events looks to the Ignite format and adds a call for presenters; the new Bing Health Map Application has the Bing Health team participating in the Community Health Data Initiative; and the results are in, The Nation’s Worst Drivers According to the National Driving Test! Have a great week to all of you and remember you can follow and friend us on Twitter @LBSzone.
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