The Blipstar Plus Store Locator (used by your customers to view your store locator) is now fully compliant with W3C web standards. This means that it works with as wide a range of web browsers as possible. Which is nice to know. Users with accessibility issues now have easy access to the simplified and screen-reader friendly Blipstar Plus Mobile version, from any computer, so they can also benefit from your Store Locator.

Blipstar Mobile is now available for all users with Blipstar Plus accounts. Your Blipstar Plus Store Locator is now accessible from most mobile devices, from basic cell phones through to advanced devices such as the iPhone/Android based devices. For maximum convenience Blipstar Mobile automatically determines the user's location using GPS or wifi-tracking (where available). So potential customers can find your nearest store whenever, and wherever, they are!

More information on Blipstar Mobile.

An updated version of Blipstar Plus (v1.03) has been released. The key improvement is speed and reduced loading times - it now utilizes the latest version of Google Maps and a faster method of displaying results. Driving directions have also been improved as has the importing of non-English characters and symbols. Users don't have to do anything themselves to benefit from the new version as it done transparently and automatically.

Work is nearing completion on a new feature for Blipstar Plus users called Blipstar Mobile. This option will allow users to access your store locator from mobile devices, from basic cell phones through to advanced devices such as the iPhone, Palm Pre and other smartphones. For maximum convenience Blipstar Mobile automatically determines the user's location using GPS or wifi-tracking (where available). So potential customers can find your nearest store whenever, and wherever, they are!

A new version of Blipstar Server (v1.08) has been released.

Happy New Year and best wishes for 2010. Thank you to all Blipstar users for their continued support, it is much appreciated!

Rather than being limited to the standard Latin alphabet you can now upload data in any language thanks to UTF-8 compliance.