We’ve just pushed out a new release of Brightkite with nearly 100 improvements and bug fixes. Here are the highlights of the release.

• Bug fixes involving SMS
• Implemented HCARD on people and places pages
• Improvements to push notifications for iPhone
• Improved display of emojis on Brightkite.com
• Improvements to functionality and bug fixes across IE8, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
• Improved privacy and sharing functionality when posting
• Bug fixes involving the display of fan versus friend counts
• Bug fixes for search filter controls and preferences
• Improved Group Text conversation list with auto-updating

Let us know if you find any of the minor changes not mentioned above.