New Apple iPhone OS Brings Beneficial 'Location' Features

Apple’s big iPhone OS 4.0 announcement event today reveals some important updates relating to mobile apps: not only will there finally be 3rd-party app multi-tasking but also local notification and background location features. Both of these new features will benefit improved used of mobile apps such as social networking and location sharing.

As per live reporting from Gdgt.com and other sites, here are some of the relevant new ‘location’ features, as announced today during Apple’s iPhone OS 4.0