googleblog.blogspot.com - 2/4/2009
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How often do you find yourself wondering where your friends are and what they're up to? It's a pretty central question to our daily social lives, and it's precisely the question you can now answer using Google Latitude. Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device. It's also ...
foxnews.com - 1/30/2009
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foxnews.com —
It took four years for Google to address
the 'Google bomb' that was lobbed at former President...
Bush. But it took the Internet behemoth only a few days to defuse the same attack on President Obama.
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Google Quickly Defuses Obama's Google Bomb
google.com - 2/4/2009
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google.com —
See where your friends are on a map
Enjoy Google Latitude on your phone, computer, or both....
Start using it on your phone See your friends' locations and status messages and share yours with them. View it on your computer See your friends' locations ...
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Google Latitude
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Google Latitude Lets People (& Google) Know Where You Are
The Moderate Voice —
... 12:01 a.m. this morning on The Official Google Blog:
Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on your mobile device [Android rolls out next week, an iPhone app soon after]. It’s also an iGoogle gadget on your computer. Once you’ve opted in to Latitude, you can see the approximate location of your friends and loved ones who have decided to share their location with you… And with Latitude, not only can you see your friends’ locations on a map, but you can also be in touch directly via SMS, Google ...
Leverage technology to improve parole
Newshoggers.com —
... The service wasn’t yet functional when I was briefed by Google, so I can’t yet vouch for it, but here’s how it works:
You download a new version of Google Maps onto your mobile device, then
invite friends via an email to join. Once they accept, and if they have
a Google account with a profile picture, you’ll see that on a map. ...
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Ericka Andersen: What's Your Latitude?
townhall.com 2/4/2009 — Google Latitude, a breakout online tracking feature that allows users to locate people based on cell phones and GPS systems, is futuristically cool but some have concerns over privacy issues. The software was released...
Google Latitude: Cool or Scary ? —
The Moderate Voice
The folks at Google have unveiled their latest application and my own reaction to it has shifted between an initial ‘Wow how cool is that’ to a bit of ‘Gee that might be a bit creepy’. At this point I am still not sure which side of the internal mental debate will win ...
Google To Track Mobile Users —
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Google is set to draw scrutiny to the privacy implications of "location-aware" mobile services with the announcement on Wednesday of a service that allows users to track the whereabouts of their friends automatically.
The service, Google Latitude, will take the web search company into the ...
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