Yesterday, we wrote about the location photo layering app, Layar and now there's a new location app for social networking and pizza-place-socailizing,  Aloqa.

The Aloqa mobile app is designed to let users discover their friends and favorites nearby. The Aloqa application captures user preferences and social network relationships and then proactively notifies users of interesting places, events, and Facebook friends near them. Instead of having to launch a browser or search application, users can just look at their phones and see what favorite hotspots, friends, events of interest, and recommended bargains are close by.

There are ready-made pre-installed channels that include pizza, McDonalds, Starbucks, beer halls, concerts, movies, and other social activities.

The beta application is now available in the United States and Germany on Android and the Blackberry Curve 8900 and the Blackberry Bold 9000, with other platforms coming in the near future.

The 15 publishers being launched on Aloqa include Facebook Connect, Yelp, Eventful, last.fm, Wikipedia, Craigslist, Topix, Fon, Coulomb Technologies, GreatDad, Google Maps API, Qype, Fon, Call-A-Bike, Nestoria, and BeLocal.

Here's and Aloqa example, you don't have to touch your keyboard and will just be informed if a Facebook friend happens to be close by, that the closest Starbucks is a block away, and your favorite local jazz band is playing tonight at a pub a mile away. You can decide to hook up with your friend for the jazz show, or plan an impromptu meetup at the Starbucks.