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APIs for Finding Location

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2008-08-22 04:02:00 by Ionut Alex Chitu in Google Operating System
...location of a user from a web application. The most simple way, which is also the least precise, is to derive some information about location from the IP. Google AJAX API has an object named google.loader.ClientLocation that includes "metro-level granularity properties": country, region, city, low resolution latitude and longitude. This could...
 
Tags: location, prefill information, information, location data, relevant information, location providers, obtain location information, mobile, google mobile blog
 
 
 
 
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Location Technologies Primer

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2008-06-04 21:55:16 by Guest Author in TechCrunch
...location aware is the single most important feature in a mobile device that otherwise suffers in comparison with desktop and laptop Internet devices - terrible screen size and resolution, poor battery life, slow connectivity and less than satisfying data input choices But being location aware more than makes up for those limitations. Social...
 
Tags: location, location technologies, leverage location awareness, key location technologies, requires device support, device support, support, technologies, location aware technologies
 
 
 
 
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Update Your Location with Yahoos Fire Eagle Platform

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2008-08-13 16:32:45 by Ashley in CyberNet
...location. Its not a social network, rather they make it possible for existing services including social networks, to incorporate your location. They also have a mobile version available so that when you are on the go, you can easily update your location, or hide yourself which essentially means that Fire Eagle will not share you location with...
 
Tags: fire, fire eagle service, checkout fire eagle, fire eagle, location, fire eagle location, actual location, service, platform
 
 
 
 
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Update Your Location with Yahoos Fire Eagle Platform

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2008-08-13 16:32:45 by Ashley in CyberNet
...location. Its not a social network, rather they make it possible for existing services including social networks, to incorporate your location. They also have a mobile version available so that when you are on the go, you can easily update your location, or hide yourself which essentially means that Fire Eagle will not share you location with...
 
Tags: fire, fire eagle service, checkout fire eagle, fire eagle, location, fire eagle location, actual location, service, platform
 
 
 
 
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Googles Mobile Search, now with My Location

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2008-09-12 05:00:53 by Saad Ali Abbasi in Startup Meme
...Location Using Gears Geolocation API , Searching with My Location lets you approximate your actual location using the Cell ID technology , as used by Google maps for mobile. The previous method being that the user performed a local search from a phones browser, the results were customized to the last location you had entered. Anyway, now...
 
Tags: location, mobile, actual location, location feature, google, google executives, google maps, mobile users, google mobile
 
 
 
 
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Firefox 3 Location Bar Controversy

2008-06-14 19:43:04 by Martin in gHacks technology news
 
...location bar also called the awesome bar. A group of users however who openly express their opinion about the new location bar in the announcement Firefox 3 location bar just became almighty on Mozilla Links does not like the behavior of that new bar at all and prefer the old ways Now there is always a group that prefers the old ways simply...
 
Tags: bar, location bar, firefox, awesome bar, dump firefox altogether, announcement firefox, firefox profiles, people, elderly people
 
 
 
 
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Mobiluck - Location Based Social Network

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2008-02-29 05:18:26 by Dennis in Wap Review
...location and presence. The idea is to share your location with friends (and strangers if your feeling adventuresome) so you can meet up with them in the real world. When you log into MobiLuck you see a listing of friends and other users who are nearby. See someone you know or want to meet? MobiLuck lets you open a chat session, IM them with...
 
Tags: mobiluck, location, mobiluck focuses, current location, location easy, obtain location data, easy, location selection, location entry
 
 
 
 
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Skyhook combines GPS and Wi-Fi for location

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2008-06-30 17:00:00 by Marguerite Reardon in Webware.com
...location service to get an even more accurate fix for location-based services Up until now, Skyhook's geolocation service , which is used on Apple's iPhone, among other services and devices, has used Wi-Fi hot spots to get a fix on location. The service works very well in densely populated areas where there are a lot of Wi-Fi radios...
 
Tags: skyhook, service, geolocation service, skyhook wireless, skyhook service, wi-fi, skyhook technology, technology, gps
 
 
 
 
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Drop.io Launches Geo-Location File Sharing

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2008-09-19 11:00:17 by Allen Stern in CenterNetworks
...location based drops. The concept works like this -- you upload files into your drop. Once uploaded you can tag the drop with a location. Users can search on locations and drops that are set as public will be returned. Some examples would include: "Grand Central", "London's Speaker's Corner" or "Berlin Ubahn". For this new location service to...
 
Tags: location, drop, service, location service, location announcement, geo-location based drops, service drop, drops, location functionality
 
 
 
 
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All you need to know about the Firefox 3 Location Bar

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2008-06-08 13:07:15 by Martin in gHacks technology news
...location bar (or address bar, awesome bar, smart bar) has one main function and that is to provide the user with a sophisticated tool to load a website. In old times the location bar was used to enter local or remote addresses but nothing else which changed slightly in Firefox 2 which included a history search, internal configurations and...
 
Tags: firefox, location bar, preview firefox, test firefox, bookmark, bookmark category, star, yellow star, mozillazine website