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iOS Google Latitude Gets Check-Ins, Places App Knows 30 Languages Now

Two of Google’s iOS apps have been updated with a number of enhancements, all of which are detailed by Greg Blevins, software engineer, Google Maps for mobile team. On the official Google Mobile blog, Belvins makes the official introduction: “We’re happy to announce updates for two iPhone apps...

24 March 2011
05:41 GMT

Automatically Geo-Tag Your Panoramio Photos with Google Latitude

One of the benefits of being a big tech company like Google is that you get access to a huge number of products and you can mix and match them as you please. Some combinations make a lot of sense, like the integration of Panoramio with Latitude, enabling users to automatically geo-tag their photos.The feature comes e...

5 February 2011
03:11 GMT

Google Maps 5.1 for Android Gets Check-ins with Latitude

Using a mobile phone to find your way to a place or another courtesy of navigation software is not something unusual, nor is it to check-in to a place or another. Applications that enable these features are plenty, but now there is one that combines them both, namely Google Maps 5.1 for Android, which has just got ...

2 February 2011
03:49 GMT

Google Latitude Finally Gets Check In Functionality

It was probably only a matter of time, but it has finally happened, Google has added check-in functionality to Latitude to combat the threat from a number of competing services, notably Foursquare and, to a degree, Facebook Places. Initially, Latitude was designed to automatically keep track of your location, but it&...

2 February 2011
02:11 GMT

Google Latitude Hits 9 Million Users as Native iPhone App Launches

Two years in the making, Google finally released a native Latitude app for the iPhone. Users had access to a web version of the service, but the native app adds background updating and other new features. Equally interesting, Google is announcing that it now has nine million Latitude users across all devices."Since l...

14 December 2010
08:34 GMT

Google Latitude App Released for iPhone, iPad - Download Here

Released and then quickly retracted, Google Latitude is now back in the iTunes App Store as a free download for anyone who owns an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), or iPad, running iOS 4.0 or later. While those are the requirements to download and install Google Latit...

13 December 2010
08:52 GMT

Google Maps 4.6 for Android Now Available

A new version of Google Maps was made available for download for all owners of mobile phones running under Android 1.6 or higher, namely Google Maps 4.6. The new release comes with a new Place page reviews design, additional search results filtering, and more. According to the development team, they were focused on ...

29 October 2010
03:12 GMT

Google Introduces a Latitude Website for Desktops

While there's been plenty of talk about the hot startups in the geolocation game, Foursquare in particular, or about Facebook recent entry in the space, Google has one of the oldest and still one of the most popular location-based services out there, Latitude. And now, you can check it out on your desktop as wel...

7 October 2010
04:15 GMT

Google Latitude Gets an Interesting New Dashboard

Location-based services are very popular right now, and, even as all the focus is on Foursquare and its competitors like Gowalla, Google’s Latitude service is actually a serious contender. With three million users, it’s the most popular location-based service out there and those users are now getting an i...

27 May 2010
06:34 GMT

Google Latitude Has 3 Million Users

Location-based web services are all the rage right now with Foursquare stealing all the thunder. There are plenty of competitors each vying for a place, but one that everyone seems to be forgetting is Google Latitude. The location service has been around for a while now, but it didn’t seem like it proved much o...

7 May 2010
03:55 GMT

Google May Integrate Latitude with Buzz at Some Point

Google Buzz's launch is mostly viewed as a failure, despite the service apparently having several million users, largely due to the Gmail integration. But Google is putting it behind and is still working on fixing the flaws the rushed launch exposed. At the same time, it's also working on expanding the serv...

9 March 2010
06:11 GMT

Google Latitude Now Alerts You When Your Friends Are Near

Location-based services are becoming increasingly popular as more mobile devices get GPS features and people are less concerned about their privacy. There are a couple of hot startups, like Foursquares, catering to this space, but Google has now updated its own similar service Latitude with a couple of new features,...

11 November 2009
03:56 GMT

Google Latitude Comes to iPhone

Google announced on Thursday that its Google Latitude could be accessed from Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices, the owners of which can easily tap into the functionalities that the web application brings directly from their web browser. There are a lot of features that iPhone users will certainly enjoy, and ...

24 July 2009
02:59 GMT

Google Latitude US Users Can Now Enjoy Two New Apps

A few months ago, a new free feature for mobile and iGoogle users was launched, namely Google Latitude, which offers them the possibility to share their location with their friends. On May 4, 2009, Google announced two new and fun applications for Google Latitude users, Google Public Location Badge, which allows them...

6 May 2009
08:33 GMT


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