Welcome again to another Location Technology news roundup and mobile industry recap. Prepare to hear lots about OpenGov, OpenData and the likes this week as there's a ton of activity in that space this month.

 I know that here in B.C. the Province and stakeholders have hosted an event billed as the OpenData Summit - a gathering of Government, orgs, and stakeholders - heck, we even have an official Ministry of Open Government here! Coinciding with the event, DataBC (@Data_BC), the official resource for public access to OpenData and much more, has rolled out a new look and new functionality - see this fine example Here (I wonder if perhaps it's been modelled after the Whitehouse OpenGov initiative?) - There's definitely loads going on around here, and likely in your area as well I suspect! This week-end we have a number of local hackfests and dev events scheduled where mashup artists, developers, and anyone basically are invited to come a hack... and I can tell you, mobile apps will be getting most of the attention! Moving forward, kudos to HTC for scoring loads of attention pre-MWC with news of the HTC One - HTC plans to reinvent the mobile experience and set a new standard for smartphones with this one - apparently! Have a great week everyone and be sure to hit us up on Twitter @LBSzone  

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