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This Wednesday, Google launched its much-anticipated location-tracking service, Latitude, which uses the GPS hardware found in smart phones (such as Google Android phones and BlackBerry and Windows ...

Do you know where your friends are? If not, Google wants to help you find them. Today, Google introduced Latitude, a new opt-in feature that lets smartphone and laptop users share their location with ...

Google has just announced the availability of Google Latitude on the iPhone and its reportedly working worldwide (yes, even Canada!). For those of you unaware, Google Latitude is a location aware ...

Google Wednesday unveiled an application that lets users track and find their friends and family from a smartphone, laptop or desktop computer. Google Latitude is a new feature for Google Maps on ...

Google Mobile Maps is getting a new feature tonight called Google Latitude. It will allow you to broadcast your location to select friends, family, and colleagues based on the coordinates of your cell ...

Google on Tuesday unveiled an updated version of its Google Maps Android app that adds check-in functionality to Google Latitude. Latitude lets you share your location with friends, and keep tabs on ...

Google released Latitude earlier this year as a location-based service (LBS) that competes with Brightkite and Loopt. After bringing Latitude to Android phones last month, it is now available as an ...

I guess Google really is in a feisty mood tonight. After the Chrome Web Store, Chrome OS, some leaked Google +1 information, and a Google Groups re-launch, we’ve just gotten word that Google has ...

Identifying the latitude and longitude for a point of interest helps you pinpoint its exact location on the planet using a geographic coordinate system. You can find a point in Google Maps by ...

The good news: Google Latitude—the Maps feature that finds your nearby friends on a map—is now available on the iPhone. The bad news: It's only available as a web application, so it doesn't currently ...

— -- Do you know where your friends are? If not, Google wants to help you find them. Today, Google introduced Latitude, a new opt-in feature that lets smartphone and laptop users share their ...