Today we dropped the beta logo, fixed the bugs, and broke out of stealth mode; lonelyplanet.tv has launched, how exciting!

My favourite video has got to be this crazy taxi driver in Istanbul.

We’ve added LPmaps to help everyone discover the best videos. LPmaps v0.8 packs some new features including an auto-complete search control, widget support and some mashup capability - Ken will tell you more about that stuff.