The Google Maps Geolocation API allows developers to get more accurate location data without the need to use a GPS. Instead, the service tries to triangulate your location by looking at the cell ...

The iPhone combines Skyhook's WiFi scan, Google's knowledge of cellular towers (which is also part of the Geolocation API), and, on the iPhone 3G, a GPS receiver to provide a location.

Google, in partnership with IoT platform vendor Particle this week announced a new approach for achieving the same functionality using the Google Maps Geolocation API instead.

The Geolocation API can run on any browser that has Google Gears and automatically will run on Android and Google's browser, Chrome.

Google has named ITN as its global news launch partner for its WiFi-enhanced Geolocation API at the Google Developer Day in Milan, Italy. This enhancement to the Gears Geolocation API allows users to ...

After hinting that it would do so last June, Google’s mobile team has released a Geolocation API for Google Gears. This works both on mobile phones and laptops running Gears, but developers will ...

Google just unveiled a bunch of new Pixel handsets and Amazon already has some deals up. Customers can get gift cards worth up to $300 when preordering one of these phones.

“Using Google Maps technology allows our customers to track devices and be alerted of risks with the highest accuracy.” The geolocation capabilities of Absolute Computrace include recent and ...

Insider Google releases Latitude API, geolocation continues to be on fire May 19, 2010 - 1:32 pm ...

To control how Google Chrome handles providing of Geolocation data, click on the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the browser, select “Options”, select “Under the Hood” tab, click ...