US location-based services firm Useful Networks has acquired Canadian firm KnowledgeWhere, which also focuses on location-based services.
There is a games angle, since KnowledgeWhere's technology has been used to make location-aware mobile games including Swordfish and PhoneTag Elite.
It's an area that's becoming more prominent thanks to the rollout of GPS-enabled handsets.
However, the company also works on social networking and advertising-based services.
Meanwhile, Useful Networks is the company behind Sniff, a location-based social networking service that launched in the UK earlier this year.
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