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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.

[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.

 [GPS BUSINESS NEWS] Google adds WiFi positioning to Gears, Maps for mobile (updated): Google is not willing to go into deep details about how cell-ID and WiFi data is collected, however the privacy terms of Google Maps Mobile gives enough details to let us understand that users having GPS are anonymously sending back WiFi and cell-ID data to Google to improve the overall product and database accuracy: “If you use location-based products and services, such as Google Maps for mobile, you may be sending us location information, such as GPS data. [”¦] We also use the information for support, to develop new feature, and to improve the overall quality of Google's products and services.”

[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.

 [WebProNews - Google] Google Expands Geolocation API to WiFi | WebProNews: We also submitted a simplified version of the Geolocation API as a WC3 specification and the upcoming Firefox 3.1 plans to support the W3C version directly. The Gears Geolocation API is completely free to developers and users through the default Google location provider.

 [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.

 [GottaBeMobile.com] Google Gears Gets Geolocation API | GottaBeMobile.com: About the Author: As a News and Features Writer for GBM, Matt lives and breathes gadgets and mobile computing. In addition, he contributes to daily news posts, InkShow video reviews, and podcasts.Send email to Matt

[Digital World ~ Stay on Top of Tech News!] Google Gears Geolocation API Now Spots Laptops by Wi-Fi | Digital ...: So long as you’ve got a Wi-Fi signal to grab onto and a Web browser with Google’s Gears engine on board, Google is enabling Web developers near and far the.

[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.

[Rummble] Rummble » Blog Archive » Gears from Google goes Live with Rummble.: At the beginning, Google Geolocation API has determined the location for only Americans, for the other it has returned “unknown”. Later this service was advanced, but it often does not show results even for developed countries as yet.

[InformationWeek Weblog] Google Offers Up Gears Geolocation API To Make Web Sites Location ...: This is great for both UK residents and the millions of tourists who visit each year.Right now, Gears is only working on Windows Mobile devices using Internet Explorer, and IE or Firefox on the desktop.

 [ProgrammableWeb] Google’s New Geolocation API for Gears: The Javascript-based API does require users to download the Google Gears extension (if they haven’t already), and the API may not gain widespread adoption until Google Gears is supported on a broader basis (i.e., non-Windows Mobile devices). However, this is an interesting move by Google, and by releasing the API as part of Gears, Google has provided yet another API to an existing developer base.

[Daniel Love] daniellove.net » Blog Archive » Google Gears GeoLocation API: Google being Google, have added a Privacy Permissions dialog to decide which websites can access their location information, which is pretty similar to the solution offered by Yahoo in Fire Eagle, except Google Gears requires a plug-in.

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