Posts Tagged ‘Location based services’

Google Latitude API Now Available

Monday, May 24, 2010 19:06 46 Comments

We’ve covered Google Latitude in the past. Google Latitude is an-add on to the Google Maps and a location based service that allows you to share your location with your friends and family. In case of mobile version of Latitude + Google Maps, you control who gets to see your location but with Google Latitude [...]

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Where the %@&# did I park my car?

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 16:18 No Comments

If you are a BlackBerry user and usually forget where you parked your car in a large parking lot or may be in a street a few blocks away, this application named vqCarFinder is a life saver. The idea is very simple. The application uses the GPS and BlueTooth in your BlackBerry phone to do [...]

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Ufone’s U-Track Maps, A Sheer Disappointment

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:08 1 Comment

I was really excited to see U-Track maps‘ availability on Ufone’s website. According to my earlier post, the usage charges are very high but I was still interested to check it out at least. As promised, here I come with a review of the solution.
Introduction
U-Track maps is an XHTML based mobile website. I was [...]

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Ufone launches U-Track Maps

Friday, May 15, 2009 8:53 1 Comment

Ufone has jumped into the location based services with their navigation system named UTrack Maps. This is a welcome addition to the available location based services in the local market. This launch is pretty much in time because other mobile based navigation services, in which Google Maps is one of the popular ones, are still [...]

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Two new add-ons to Google Latitude

Tuesday, May 5, 2009 12:49 1 Comment

Two more simple but useful add-ons to google maps + latitude are available now. Google latitude allows its users to share their current location from their mobile devices with his/her friends. So far, it was only possible to share your location with other latitude users. Latitude has gone beyond that point now.

Recently, Google has launched [...]

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