European Navigation Event Blog

GyPSii and Telmap have partnered to develop and introduce advanced location-based social networking as part of Telmap’s Mobile Location Companion.

GeoChirp, a new Twitter and Google Maps Mash up recently launched by Cue Blocks, is the latest innovation in the vast domain of social networking. All those tweeples out there who can’t stop tweeting can now add GeoChirping to their list of activities.

Nanomatic, a global company that makes mobile social applications and location aware devices, announced the availability of its nanonavi®-VC and for Virtual-Care™”application in the Apple App Store. The new nanonavi-VC app for iPhone and iPod touch allows users to combine and display all the relevant profile information of friends and family from every major social network and then map their locations.

Augmented Reality Game Plus Facebook Equals Gaming For The Future? Social networking and augmented reality are the tech buzzwords du jour–but what happens when you mix the two up? You get the casual game Cannonballz from Zugara. And it’s a little taste of how gaming might go in the future.

European Myspace competitor Netlog, which has over 33 million users, has released its native iPhone app. Users can get a feed of friends updates, see pictures, upload content and add pictures.

Loopt® announced that its service has launched to consumers on the Sprint Instinct family of devices, leveraging the Loopt Location Platform. Loopt allows individuals to discover the world around them via their mobile phone. With Loopt, individuals can see who’s around, what to do, and where to go.

ShoZu Ltd. announced the availability of its mobile application for download in the new OVI Store by Nokia, offering millions of Nokia device users around the world the option of two-way interactivity with a variety of social networking sites with just one click.

Nokia and cellity today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire certain assets of cellity. cellity is a privately owned mobile software company which employs 14 people in Hamburg, Germany.

The folks behind the popular mobile social networking service, GyPSii have been busy these days.

Navteq announced its selection by Centrl to enable its location-based social network with LocationPoint, a mobile location-based advertising service. Centrl, based in New York City, is a social network that connects users with nearby places and people that match their interests, on smartphone mobile devices and social networking sites.