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ExclusiveGeography meets Social Media on 'Geosocial' sites

Ted Landphair of voanews.com writes:

There’s a well-worn phrase in real estate: “location, location, location,” meaning that where a property is located, alone, means more than anything else when it comes to assessing its value.

But ‘location’ is getting new meanings in these days of smartphones and other hand-held devices.

ExclusiveSymbian plans, spectrum trials, smartphone reliability - and much more

This week's edition of The Fonecast covers a wide range of subjects from within the mobile industry. We start with Symbian before moving on to 'white space' spectrum trials involving BT, the BBC, Samsung and Nokia. There's also time to talk about funding, favourite apps, legal action and some notable moves.

You can download this week's show from iTunes... or listen to the podcast by using the audio player on our website.

ExclusiveNew funding for Foursquare

Location-based social network Foursquare has just raised raised $50 million in new funding, with much of the money coming from its current investors.

It says the money will help it hire more engineers, develop its services for merchants, expand into new countries and "try a ton of new things".

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