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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
Google launched two APIs for finding the 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...
 
Tags: location, prefill information, information, location data, relevant information, location providers, obtain location information, mobile, google mobile blog
 
 
 
 
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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
Yahoo has just launched Fire Eagle out of beta , a platform that makes it easy for people to share their 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...
 
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
Yahoo has just launched Fire Eagle out of beta , a platform that makes it easy for people to share their 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...
 
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
Google recently added a cool feature to their search engine to provide a faster and convenient searching experience for its mobile users. Many of us feel the need or have to grasp some information when were out and about, away from our computers. For example, if you want to confirm an address, you can log-in on the Internet from Windows Mobile...
 
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
 
Most users who have tried one of the beta versions or release candidates of Firefox 3 like the new 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...
 
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
MobiLuck , which started out as a Bluetooth based chat, dating, messaging and file sharing application now has a mobile web based social network. Like MocoSpace, Peperonity, Wadja, ItsMy, Multipl y and several others it's a pure mobile play rather than a mobile front end to a web based social network. MobiLuck focuses on location and presence....
 
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
Skyhook Wireless announced Monday that it is integrating GPS into its geolocation 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...
 
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
NY-based private file sharing service Drop.io has announced the launch of geo-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",...
 
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
The 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...
 
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Google's Gears gives laptops location smarts

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2008-10-21 14:03:00 by Stephen Shankland in Webware.com
Google has updated its open-source Gears project so Web sites can take advantage of location services in Gears-enabled Web browsers The underlying technology, which used signals from cell phone towers, was initially developed so mobile-phone users could get a rough fix on their location, even without GPS technology. Now, though, Gears has been...