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 [ProgrammableWeb] Google Gears Geolocation API Gets WiFi: However we realized laptop users would benefit from location enabled web sites too. Today we are adding WiFi signals to the Geolocation API so that laptop users can benefit from location enabled web sites for the first time and mobile users from the increased accuracy.

 [WebmasterWorld] Google Gears Geolocation API For Laptop WiFi: (Google has) enhanced the Gears Geolocation API so that developers can now securely locate users to within 200m accuracy in major desktop browsers in hundreds of cities around the world. Whether your users are Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or (soon) Opera users, you can now automatically deliver an experience that is tailored to their current location.

 [Boing Boing Gadgets] Google Gears adds WiFi geolocation - Boing Boing Gadgets: At that point, Google will automatically triangulate your position within "200m of accuracy" in hundreds of cities. This allows you to use location-based Internet apps with ease: for example, just go to a webpage and get nearby restaurant recommendations, or see promiscuous girls near you.

[The Click2Mapâ™ Blog] The Click2Mapâ™ Blog » Blog Archive » Gears Geolocation API for ...: I am thrilled to announce that today we have enhanced the Gears Geolocation API so that developers can now securely locate users to within 200m accuracy in major desktop browsers in hundreds of cities around the world. Whether your users are Chrome, Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox or (soon) Opera users, you can now automatically deliver an experience that is tailored to their current location.

 [TechChee.com, shop online for gadget, gizmo and hot tech stuff] Google Gears Geolocation can now tell precisely your laptop’s ...: Since the Gear’s Geolocation API sends the location of a WiFi laptop user to a location-enabled web site, it’ll allow the website to return the useful information to the user. For example, a tourism website that can tell the nearby hotels or places of interest based on the user’s current location.

[GPS Obsessed] Google Gears Geolocation API Goes WiFi, Works With Desktop ...: For privacy reasons, the Gears Location API server doesn’t record your location, but if you allow third-party sites to access that data (and you can opt-on or out everytime) than they likely will.  So be careful is privacy is a concern for you.

 [GottaBeMobile.com] Google Gears Gets Geolocation API | GottaBeMobile.com: I’ve used this type of thing on my iPhone and ATT Tilt in the past trying to find places to eat while traveling, it could be interesting to see what type of applications make use of this on a Laptop/Tablet PC/Netbook.

 [SubmitEdge SEO News] Google Gears Geolocation API Extended for Laptop WiFi Users ...: Google announced yesterday that they have enhanced their API for Gears Geolocation to allow developers to spot users who are within the range of 200m in all major desktop browsers. It does not matter whether you use Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, or Opera, you will be able to get a browsing experience that is geographic specific.  Google in one of its posts said that, “For example, lastminute.com’s new Radar application allows users to find nearby hotels, ITN’s Google Earth mash up in Firefox allows users to see nearby news stories and Rummble’s social discovery site allows users to automatically set their current location for friends to see.”

 [webmonkey] Gears Geolocation Can Find Your Laptop - Webmonkey: Google Gears Google released a geolocation API for laptops to Gears, its toolkit for creating cross-browser functionality. This follows its first foray into geolocation, available only for Windows Mobile.

 [GadgetBlips - Top Gadget News, Videos, and Blogs] Google Code Blog: Introducing the Gears Geolocation API for all ...: Google Code Blog: Introducing the Gears Geolocation API for all .- By Charles Wiles, Product Manager, Google Mobile Team I am thrilled to announce that today we have enhanced the Gears Geolocation API so that developers can now .

[IBM Resource Center] IBM Resource Center » Blog Archive » Google Gears enhances ...: Google has hopped on the WiFi positioning bandwagon by adding support for an undisclosed database of WiFi network locations to its Gears Geolocation API.

 [Newest Webmonkey Articles] Track User Geolocation With JavaScript - Webmonkey: Until the geolocation specification becomes a true standard, we need something that will check Gears, Geode, and any others that come around. In this example, I'll share the function I wrote to look for Geode and, if it's not there, look for Gears.

 [GadgetBlips - Top Other Gadgets News, Videos, and Blogs] Google Gears enhances geolocation with WiFi positioning - Gadgets: This could be accomplished with Google's existing Streeview vehicles. From there, when you log-in, Google would simply compare the data of the WiFi hotspots in view of your computer with its database.

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