Google has upgraded with a geolocation API its Gears browser plug-in, which is designed to let users work with Web-based applications when they aren’t online. The new API (application programming ...

Google Inc. has launched Gears Geolocation, an API for mobile and desktop browsers to provide location-based services. Two third-party developers are launching the first location-enabled Web ...

Google is making it easier for you to find out where you are, with the introduction of My Location for the desktop. First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location ...

The companies include Meta, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and TomTom, which together could facilitate a new wave of geolocation apps. reading time 2 minutes Some of Google’s biggest rivals are ...

Google last week introduced a new feature in Google Maps called Your Timeline. It’s Google’s latest attempt to show users what it knows about where they’ve been. The last time Google did this — with ...

Google Maps has been around for nearly two decades and is the most popular navigation app. Waze is more community-centric while Apple Maps has a loyal user base of iPhone owners. Each navigation app ...

Knowing where a user is located opens the door to entirely new types of apps and allows developers to build additional functionality in existing Web apps Google has upgraded with a geolocation API its ...