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LBS Social Location Report - Adobe, Blackberry, Accela making news
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Written by SymbianOne
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
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The weekly LBSzone social location news round-up billed as "The Social Location Report" was released August 17... enjoy
Welcome to another mobile, location technology news update from the LBSzone.com. To begin, how about a couple of tips for mobile developers and/or would-be developers? Blackberry is offering up a chance for fame and fortune.. well, not exactly, but it is a great opportunity for developers - enter the Blackberry Developer Challenge. All winners of the 2011 BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge will be recognized at BlackBerryr DevCon Americas, October 18-20 in San Francisco. If you've created a n app for BlackBerry consider using this opportunity as a springboard to accelerate yoru business - Details HERE. Not to be outdone, Adobe is also offering developers a cool opportunity. This one is aimed at those looking at creating cool apps to run on the coming Sony Tablet. Enter the challenge and you can be one of the first to gain prerelease access to the Sony tablets and to the latest version of Adobe AIR runtime and SDK, as well as get an opportunity to have your app featured at Adobe MAX if you submit a working version before September 16 - more details HERE
A few mobile/tech news items of interest that got our attention this week: Google To Buy Motorola for $12.5B - The deal gives Google its own in-house hardware operation, potentially enabling it to challenge rival Apple Inc; Limitless Computing Launches First Mobile Augmented Reality App for GoogleSketchUp - available now on the Apple App Store; What is the NAVTEQ Network for Developers? NN4D Connects LBS developers with NAVTEQ data to enable them to make the next generation of location-based apps.
A couple of updates from the AnyGeo blog (blog.gisuser.com) and tips from the blogosphere; Autodesk Rolls Out Mac 2012 Products Built for Mac OS X Lion; New location-based shopping app enables users to create a virtual closet; President Obama checks in with foursquare; a new Pet location GPS for your pooch @TaggTracker; Motorola Defy+ Android Smartphone - the next Google/Motorola Droid device; Denver, Colorado Tops the list of most tornado prone region in the USA - interesting numbers! Enjoy the news round-up all and please have a great week
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