BANGALORE, INDIA: LBS (or 'Location based services') is the new buzzword when it comes to future applications, especially in the mobile domain. This is because it provides the users with an extra ...

One of the pieces of functionality commonly discussed when distinguishing HTML5 from previous versions of HTML is the standardization of geolocation via the Geolocation API. Although some browsers ...

Dion Almaer blogged this morning about the new GeoLocation API in Gears. As a Geo-nut, I'm pretty impressed with how well it's implemented. The API is clean, and as Dion notes, with the community ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Google has named ITN as its global news launch partner for its WiFi-enhanced Geolocation API at ...

In its never-ending quest to dominate the global mapping scene, Google has just rolled out a new pair of APIs designed to help organizations build their own location-enabled applications. The first is ...

Twitter is jumping on the geolocation bandwagon, with plans to let users geocode their posts and make the information accessible both on the main Twitter site and through external applications.

Google has hopped on the WiFi positioning bandwagon by adding support for an undisclosed database of WiFi network locations to its Gears Geolocation API. Google said on its Code Blog that the service ...

I noticed something interesting tonight. In the new build of Tweetie 2 (not out yet), a bunch of little red location markers started appearing next to tweets in my stream. Knowing that this new ...

After hinting that it would do so last June, Google’s mobile team has released a Geolocation API for Google Gears. This works both on mobile phones and laptops running Gears, but developers will find ...