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Mozilla be launching Geode – Browsers get Local

Mozilla be launching Geode – Browsers get Local

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 [...]

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Mobile Maps get updated with Streetview and walking directions

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 [...]

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Location-based services now hotter than hot?

Location-based services now hotter than hot?

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 [...]

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