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* '''15 November 2016''' The first app ever published by Hitchwiki is now available for free (as always) on the Play Store. Download it and keep track of the spots where you hitchhike, your waiting times and so on. In a future version the app will offer you an option to sync your hitching spots with Hitchwiki with no extra work. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myhitchhikingspots MyHitchhikingSpots]. Special thanks to a random guy who gave an Android phone to one of our hitchhiking developers while traveling in Sweden!
* '''25 June 2016''' A new official hitchhiking spot [httpshttp://www.allesoverbrillensteenwijkercourant.nl /nieuws/steenwijkerland/441966/feestelijke-onthulling-van-liftpaal-met-muziek-en-paal-dans-act.html has been opened] in the [[The_Netherlands| Dutch]] town of [[Oldemarkt]], in response to the insufficient public transport to [[Steenwijk]]. In addition a [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1737994483153113 FB group] was created to encourage ridesharing on this route.
* '''9 April 2016''' [[Tatyana Kozyreva]], a well-known Russian hitchhiker, has passed away on the 3rd of April 2016, at the age of 43 in [[Indonesia]], near Bandar Aceh in a diving accident. Tatyana was known for having written and self-published several books on hitchhiking and related topics under the name Tatyana Yashnikova. The talks she gave drew crowds. In the Russian hitchhiking scene she was the most “famous” of the female solo travellers and hitchhikers. [http://youarealltourists.blogspot.nl/2016/04/an-obituary.html A detailed obituary] {{en}}, [http://www.globestoppeuse.com/aventuriere-russe-rip-tatyana-kozyreva-yashnikova/ blog article] {{fr}} & [https://www.facebook.com/Hitchwiki/photos/a.154040317968626.29310.133644853341506/1109085985797383/ FB] {{en}}
