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Mozilla be launching Geode – Browsers get Local

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Mozilla Geode, Making browsers local
News has, that Mozilla will be launching a Firefox add-on, called Geode, that will enable the browser to enable localized content.
This is again, one of the signs that we’re moving towards a more local web, with even the major players (Google, Yahoo, Apple) tooling up to provide and handle with geolocation [...]

Posted by martijn on Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 7:45 am 
Filed under Tools · Tagged add-on, firefox, geolocation, Location-Based, mozilla, Tools

Mobile Maps get updated with Streetview and walking directions

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Some of you may have read it elsewhere. Google is announcing StreetView and walking directions for Google Maps mobile!
Combine all of these features together with the MyLocation feature they introduced earlier and there is no way you can miss that specific restaurant with that 5-star review anymore. You got location-based services using Cell-ID, a top [...]

Posted by martijn on Thursday, September 18, 2008 at 12:33 pm 
Filed under Google Maps · Tagged Cell-ID, geographic information, Google Maps, itinerary, Location-Based, Mobile, MyLocation, walking directions

Location-based services now hotter than hot?

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Location-based services are hot. Now hotter than before. Because Google just launched their Geolocation API.
This is what you can call the pre-web3.0 era. Small startups trying to provide even the smallest semantic web like services online. Providing location-based services, opening up their programming code, Developing APIs for the developers to use and create even greater [...]

Posted by martijn on Monday, August 25, 2008 at 8:48 am 
Filed under Mobile · Tagged API, context-awareness, Google, GPS, Location-Based, Mobile, Semantic Web