Tag: GOOGLELATITUDE

We never really grew to accept Google Latitude. Apple's refusal to approve a proper Latitude app ensured the social network was doomed, but its rather rudimentary feature set certainly didn't help matters. When Google launched Buzz, it only seemed natural that the location-based status updater would be folded into the newer product. But, for some reason, Google decided to maintain them as ...

Share Facebook is taking a break from the constant, user-infuriating redesigns to add an honest-to-goodness new feature -- location updates (which will probably be user-infuriating, anyway). Location awareness is all the rage for social networks as GPS has become a standard feature on most smartphones. Twitter, Google Buzz, Google Latitude, and Foursquare have all tightly interwoven these ...

It's no secret that, by now, Google has collected an absolutely absurd amount of information about you. Google knows what you search for, what Web sites you visit (Chrome), which pictures you post (Picasa), the contents of your e-mail (Gmail), who you call (Google Voice), what you watch (YouTube), what you write (Blogger), what pills you take (Google Health), where you are (Google Latitude), ...

Ever been sitting at a restaurant waiting for a tardy friend, not wanting to call them and seem impatient, but also growing a little sick of the dirty looks you're getting from the waitress? If so, you may be interested in Google Latitude, a new extension to the ever popular Google Maps, which lets you broadcast your location and track those of your friends. As the video after the break shows, ...