RECENT LBSZONE FEATURES & "HUGE" LBS NEWS

Connecting with facebook and Twitter from the map - IRL Connects users via Google maps - I'm obviously into maps and geospatial apps, and as you likely know, I'm also very into facebook, Twitter and other social media networks. So, when the 2 of these worlds come together I take notice! Enter IRL Connect, the latest social networking map mashup that just might make some HUGE noise. Read on for details of this Beta test in Geo Social networking.

Hale Capital Partners And Autodesk Announce Completion of Location Services Business Spin-Out - LocationLogic - This week the companies announced the completion of the transaction to transfer Autodesk's Location Services business unit to LocationLogic, a new entity owned and operated by Hale Capital Partners, with Autodesk and other minority investors. Further terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

LBSZone App Of The Week - mapNinja - This week's LBSzone App of the week is a developer toolset from Useful Networks... mapNinja. According to the company, the mapNinja software development kit (SDK) enables developers to embed an interactive map viewer within their native iPhone applications in just three lines of code.


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LBSzone NEWS & INDUSTRY ANNOUNCEMENTS

• LBS is core to today's killer apps - ER docs build Healthagen iTriage iPhone app for their patients
• Hale Capital Partners And Autodesk Announce Completion of Location Services Business Spin-Out
• 2009 Calling All Innovators competition officially starts on Friday 13
• LBS App of the week - mapNinja
• Event - AT&T Dev summit - Addressing Platform Diversity & Tackling Fragmentation
• Event of Interest SymbianOS Training: Bootcamp
• Useful Networks announces release of mapNinja, the iPhone mapping software development kit
• IDV Solutions Releases SpatialWiki, a Silverlight Geospatial Drawing Toolset for the Enterprise
• Metaphor Launches SayNFind: A Voice Search Application for Navigation and Locating Businesses
• Convergence Happens at International CTIA WIRELESS 2009
• Event of interest - Wavefront Presents NAVTEQ Breakfast Seminar
• Socialtext Releases Twitter-style Signals Micro-blogging Application for the Enterprise
• Spatial Media LBSzone Alert - Topcon, Garmin, Tele Atlas, making news
• Survey: Mobile Social Networking is The Key to Stay Connected with Consumers
• Video - WHERE on the BlackBerry Storm - FREE Mobile GPS Application
• Spotigo launches fully integrated hybrid WiFi-, Cell-ID- and GPS Positioning Solution
• The Google Maps vs MapQuest Online Mapping Portal War Is Driving Map 2.0 Innovations
• Wirefly.com Releases Its Top 10 Camera Phones
• Skycore Launches Mobile Organizer App on Facebook Platform
• 2008 Marks Continued Growth for In-Vehicle Navigation With NAVTEQ(R) Map Data
• Networks In Motion Strengthens Accuracy of Traffic Services With Acquisition of TrafficGauge

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Where 2.0 Conference 2009 - The O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference will pinpoint how far location technology has reached, explore the boundaries of geospace, and point the way into the location frontier at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA, May 19-21, 2009. O'Reilly Media and program chair Brady Forrest invite proposals for conference sessions, workshops, demos, and panels for Where 2.0 2009.

Google IO Developer Conference - For two days in May, thousands of web developers will come together to learn how to develop web applications with Google and open technologies. Learn from product experts about Android, App Engine, Chrome, Google Web Toolkit, AJAX APIs and more. Engage with a community of excited developers just like you. Save the date, May 27-28, 2009, San Fran.

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HOT Career Opportunity... SR LRO Production Engineer, NAVTEQ - Under the direction of the LRO Operations Manager, the Senior LRO Production Technician will be responsible for providing input into the deployment of the LRO product as well as maintaining ongoing LRO data and service quality.

HOT Career Opportunity... GIS Web Programmer - San Francisco - L-3 EITS is looking for a GIS Web Programmer to work on-site at the US EPA Region 9 GIS Center on innovative web-based GIS applications supporting the Agency's mission of protecting human health and the environment.

HOT Career Opportunity... Open Source Technical & Strategic Representatives - Samsung Electronics Research Institute (SERI) require a team of truly innovative technical staff who can help define the roadmap, architecture and features for a newly formed Open Source Foundation's platform releases and converged mobile devices.

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