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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Steve Jobs: "We Haven't Been Tracking Anyone."

Posted by Michael Knutson in "Apple Talk" @ 10:30 PM

http://mobilized.allthingsd.com/201...on-information/

"Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Wednesday that the iPhone database that people have assumed was their personal information was, in fact, the relevant chunk of a global crowdsourced database that the company uses to deliver location-based information."

As I suspected, this mysterious database in iPhones is used for location-based services, and follows Apple's policies on how location information is used. Apple did admit that this whole controversy did turn up a bug on Apple's end, their response being that this will be fixed, and that a smaller amount of data will be stored on devices. Jobs also mentioned that location services is required to be enabled, and each app must be explicitly authorized. As is often the case with technology, and technology bugs, unintended consequences result, and will be fixed. And we move on ...


Monday, December 13, 2010

Google Latitude for iPhone

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad)" @ 08:30 AM

http://www.tipb.com/2010/12/13/goog...ne,+iPad,+iPod)

"After a slight case of premature app-storification, Google Latitude for iPhone is now officially and properly available for download."

So what does Latitude from Google do for you? You can share your location throughout the day with any of your friends or family, and also see them on your map. In case you don't want to be too accessible there are several levels of privacy so you can still hide if you need to be off the grid. It's free if you want to throw yourself out there, and available now in iTunes [link]. I'm undecided on giving this one a try, what are your thoughts?


Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Google Latitude on Your Jailbroken iPhone

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch)" @ 10:00 AM

http://appadvice.com/appnn/2009/12/...with-longitude/

"Apple might not be convinced but Google Latitude is actually a nice tool. If you've never heard about it it's a Google web-app that lets you share your location with your friends. Its main issue however is that it requires you to update your location manually, which kinda kills the purpose."

You can fix this on your jailbroken iPhone by installing an app called Longitude via the RockYourPhone installer. The app is $2.99 USD after the 10 day free trial period, and it can be set to update your location in an interval you configure. This would be a nice alternative to MobileMe and the Find My iPhone option, if my iPhone was jailbroken.


Thursday, November 12, 2009

Google Latitude Announces Changes

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple iPhone & iPod Touch" @ 11:00 AM

http://mashable.com/2009/11/10/goog...itude-features/

"One of the hottest trends right now is the rise of location-based services (LBS), which helps friends network and find each other based on their location. Foursquare and Loopt are prime examples of these growing networks."

And now Google is getting involved, but contrary to the commercial, they don't have an app for that. However it does work with Google maps via the web browser. Or to make it easy you can get the Google app and access it there. I'm thinking since most of my friends have a Gmail account, this may be a good option for me. What are your thoughts? Have you given this a try yet? Are you?


Monday, July 27, 2009

Latitude by Google

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (iPhone/iPod Touch)" @ 12:00 PM

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2...via-the-web.ars

"Google has launched a version of its Latitude-a sort of GPS-powered friend finder-for the iPhone. Unfortunately, it seems it was banished to web app-only ghetto by Apple."

This unfortunately is web-based so it won't take advantage of the "push notification", and initially it will only be available in the U.S., New Zealand, UK, Canada and Australia. It would have been really cool if this could have been part of the Maps app that comes on the iPhone. I tried something similar called Loopt, and really never got much out of it, so I don't think this will appeal to me. Anyone out there excited about this? Or do you use something else?


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