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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Google today launched two new APIs for Google Maps that are specifically geared toward tracking the location of vehicles, mobile resources and employees. By announcing these new APIs on its enterprise ...

First go read Greg Sterling's write up at Search Engine Land named Location in the Browser: What Does It Mean? Now that you read that, you will realize that the implication of Google adding ...

With all the hullabaloo around Apple’s efforts in the mapping realm, Google got a nice little free PR kickback for the quality of its own Maps offering. Even the most cynical of anti-Googlers would ...

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 ...

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 ...