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If you thought location-aware search and other mobile mapping technologies were cool, hold onto your hat. A new wave of innovation in the mobile market will bring augmented reality to smartphones, allowing users to interact virtually with their surroundings. Qualcomm has worked with toy maker Mattel to demonstrate the power of augmented-reality technology in gaming. Qualcomm Augmented reality, or AR, …

When Audible.com rolled out its iPhone app earlier this year, the big complaint was that you couldn’t browse the Audible store or buy audiobooks on the fly. You could access your existing library of purchases, but for new stuff, you had to stop by your PC. Not anymore. Audible 1.3 provides access to a new mobile store, where you can …