BERN, SWITZERLAND – The official Swiss mapping system is now available for smart phones, iPhones and iPads, at mobile.map.geo.admin.ch. The wealth of information that uses highly detailed maps as a starting point is free of charge (except for your Internet connection), requires no additional software and is ad-free.

The Mapviewer system has been available online for a year and now has 10,000 users a day. It runs in five languages, including English; select Beta mobile version in the menu for smartphones.

Facebook has, for the first time, garnered more traffic in a week in the US than Google, as the social networking company’s strong growth of the past year continues, Hitwise, an Internet analyst reports. “The social network accounted for 7.07 per cent of all US web traffic last week, compared to Google’s 7.03 per cent, according to web analysts Hitwise,” reports News.com.au.

Link to other sites: Experian Hitwise, News.com.au

Title: Expat Expo 2009
Location: Geneva, Palexpo
Link out: Click here
Description: Annual indoor information fair with 180 exhibitors, for the English-speaking international population: services, products, families welcome!
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 11 Oct 2009
End Time: 17:00