Welcome again to another Location Technology news roundup and mobile industry recap. Sequestration - no doubt the topic may be on your mind

Indeed the budget cuts may run deep as time passes and for many in business, the topic of sequestration is on the mind - no doubt this will also be discussed by many this week at the Esri FEDUC. Harris has recently polled Americans on their thoughts regarding budget spending and budget cuts and to no surprise, the poll finds that only a small minorities of the public want to cut most of the biggest federal government programs. Perhaps the biggest surprise that I see in this is the huge number of those surveyed who favor cuts in spending and funding for business! See more details and results of the latest Harris Poll. Loads of news goodies this week including word that Nokia has scored the `Best Entry Level Phone' for the Asha 305 at Mobile World Congress; details of the new Firefox OS and marketplace emerge; and a paretnership with Code for America from the crew at Accela - Accela customers participating in the 2013 CfA Fellowship Program are Oakland, CA; New York; San Francisco; Kansas City, MO; Unified Government of Kansas City, KS; and San Mateo County, CA. Finally, another friday came and went and that means I churned out another 5 Things on Friday. This week I looked at a free book about online GIS, a cool water tracing WMS, more opendata for BC, Canada, an update of the Flickr mobile app, and 30+ maps you thought you would never need - check out 5Things in Friday #8 HERE. Have a great week everyone and be sure to find us on Twitter @LBSzone and on facebook.

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