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  • 10.08.08
    Mozilla announces Geode location plugin for Firefox gadgets | Comments Off
    Mozilla has just announced the release of its Geode plugin for interfacing with web applications using location data. The plugin basically allows a web page to request your location while you're surfing the web. Geode then asks you if you will share your location with that particular website and allows you to either let the site access your location just this once or any time you visit the site. Geode works by determining your location based on the wireless access points closest to you. Mozilla has made this possible by forming a partnership with Loki, a leading wifi location service provider. ...
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  • 06.09.08
    Google Opening My Location API to Developers gadgets, on the go | (8)
    When Google released their "My Location" feature for Google Maps Mobile last November, it allowed millions of cell phone users without GPS to see their location, perform searches and get directions based on their location. This works by triangulating the location of the cell phone based on the signal from the cell towers and though it's not perfect, it really helped in adding context to Google Maps Mobile (GMM) searches. Now Google will be opening up their Location API so that 3rd party developers can access your location for new features. Jesse Newland found a way to access this information ...
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  • 04.07.08
    Trapster Looks Out for Speed Traps on the go | (1)
    Trapster allows the online community to share and update the locations of speed traps. You can inform them of speed traps either using their software client or by just calling a toll-free number. The service then warns local users via an SMS or notification in the Trapster client. You can also check the location of speed traps on the mobile web at http://trapster.com/m. It will display local speed traps and hiding areas in either a list or using a static Google map. Trapster software can track your location using either bluetooth GPS or wifi location. Their client runs on a number ...
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  • 03.21.08
    Navizon Enables Fire Eagle Location Updates on the go | (10)
    After hearing a rumor that Navizon has created an uplink for the Yahoo Fire Eagle platform, I just had to check it out. I've poked around and confirmed that Mexens, the company behind Navizon, has in fact created a method for you to pass your location to Fire Eagle. Navizon is the cell phone application that I use to update the Stalking Dave Map and my Google Gadget. You can use Navizon on your Windows Mobile Pocket PC, iPhone, Symbian or Java phone to track your location based on cell triangulation, Wifi, or GPS. All you have to do is ...
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