phonescoop.com - 8/27/2008
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Today Google offered web developers a new API that can be used to make web sites location aware. This means that if you navigate to a web site on your mobile phone, the web site will use cell tower ... (follow link to read)
googlemobile.blogspot.com - 8/22/2008
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googlemobile.blogspot.com —
Imagine if web sites could provide you with
customized information based on your current location, even if...
you don't have GPS. Today we're launching the Gears Geolocation API for mobile and desktop browsers, while two third-party developers are ...
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Official Google Mobile Blog: New Gears Geolocation API ...
google-code-updates.blogspot.com - 8/22/2008
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google-code-updates.blogspot.com —
We just launched two new ways to give
your web apps free and secure access to a...
user's location, without requiring that user to enter it manually. First, there's the AJAX API property that provides a simple way to get an approximate, region-level ...
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Google Code Blog: Two new ways to location-enable your ...
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New Google API lets mobile sites track you down
Engadget Mobile —
... bugginess, the list goes on. Wouldn't it be great if you could just hit up your favorite mobile-optimized site and get a location lock, no app required? That's what Google's hoping to do with its new Gears Geolocation API, which third parties can plug into their sites and automatically take advantage of both tower and GPS-based positioning. It only works on Internet Explorer on WinMo pieces at the moment, but naturally, they're looking to spread it far and wide over time. [Via Phone Scoop]Read | Permalink | Email this ...
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