Lonely Planet’s new San Francisco-based mobile startup has gone live with its flagship mobile travel guide app Wenzani, which paidContent first reported about in September.

More mobile movements from Facebook today: it has bought the check-in social media service Gowalla, according to a report in CNN.

Fathom, the travel site launched by two former Daily Candy editors earlier this year, is expanding its commerce side with a shop of travel-themed products and will soon allow visitors to book travel directly from the site.

Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago, and more recently moving into iPad publishing with Project magazine. Today comes news of his latest foray into the wireless world: an investment in the mobile payments startup…

Location, location, location: it’s the time-honored mantra of real-estate agents and retailers, but could just as well be applied to Google (NSDQ: GOOG), which is ramping up the functionality of its mapping service with realtime results from Inrix.

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » Google agreed to pay 33 percent more—$3 billion—than it originally offered for Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility to get the deal done at $12.5 billlion: were patents the driver? (Motorola Mobility’s SEC Filing)

A look at some of the big stories in mobile today: » Intel is remaining committed to the MeeGo wireless OS, despite reports that it will not, after Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has all but pulled out of developing for the OS. (WSJ)

Just as the warm weather and vacation season begin to kick off in Europe, the European Commission has beamed a light on one of the most expensive aspects of summer travel: mobile costs. Neelie Kroes, the European Commission vice president for the Digital Agenda (pictured), today laid out a new…

Travel review site TripAdvisor has bought EveryTrail as it continues its mobile push. EveryTrail lets users publish online guides featuring a map of a trip directly from their phones; the map is automatically created based on the phone’s GPS coordinates, while photos taken with the phone can be automatically plotted…

TripIt, a startup that offers mobile and online tools that travelers can use to organize their travel plans, has been sold to Concur for up to $120 million. Concur, which helps businesses manage employee expenses and travel booking, says the acquisition will allow it to offer “additional value” to its…

It’s a surprise that every online travel property isn’t already swimming in mobile functionality, given the obvious connection between the two, but here’s one more deal that will extend that model a bit more: travel site Expedia has bought Mobiata, which makes mobile apps like FlightTrack. Terms of the deal…

The entertainment industry spent the most on mobile advertising in the third quarter, according to Millennial Media, which reported the top 10 advertisers based on spending in its own network. It also said of some of the top spenders, six recorded triple digit growth rates compared to the year-ago period.…

NCR Corp. of Duluth, Ga. has acquired Mobiqa, a provider of mobile tickets, boarding passes, and other typically paper-based items for the travel, entertainment and retail industries. Terms were not disclosed.

Verizon Wireless continued releasing a barrage of press releases today at its developer conference in Las Vegas. As part of the onslaught, Verizon is making Geodelic’s location-based platform available to publishers, who need detailed information about local places, like restaurants and shops. What sets this partnership apart from all of…

EveryScape, which provides “eye-level” images of major towns and cities around the world, has raised $6 million in a third round of funding. The company charges local businesses in order to build 3D, photo-realistic panoramas of their physical locations which are then featured on EveryScape.com and can also be embedded…