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In a mobile world, the conversation opener is less likely to be, “How are you?” and more likely to be, “Where are you?” Since the goal of social networking technology seems to be to get us to speak less and look at screens more (all hail the mighty text ad), Nokia’s purchase of Plazes [...]

Unsure where you are, or where to go next? Not to worry. The number of location-based services applications out there continues to grow, fast eclipsing the days of standalone mapping and GPS. As to why, look no farther than your mobile phone.

If last year saw the venture capital community chasing startups building around the Facebook platform, this year the new new thing are iPhone application makers. In addition to the $100 million iFund floated by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, other VCs are getting in on the action.
We recently covered Pelagao, which raised $15 Million [...]

A lot has been written about the new 3G iPhone, its price and its impact. Now it’s time to shift attention to the most important question about this device: How much money will it make for Apple and its carrier partners?
While I don’t have any concrete financial projections, after reading some of Wall Street’s [...]

The new 3G iPhone is a game-changer, according to Ralph de la Vega, president & CEO of AT&T Mobility. Just hours after the heavily anticipated unveiling of the device, I chatted with de la Vega about the iPhone, its impact on location-based services, enterprise mobility and of course, the wireless web revolution that he believes it will unleash. Continue Reading

Today’s launch of the 3G iPhone has some welcome changes to the phone itself, but also highlighted the details behind the iPhone development platform. It’s nice to know that when the iPhone comes out on July 11 a horde of programmers have been working around the clock to port and build applications for it. Below [...]