Google Patent Details Mobile Search Plans
A new patent application published today may reveal some of Google’s plans for mobile search, according to ZDNet blogger Russell Shaw. The application, Local Search and Mapping for Mobile Devices, describes a method that geo-targets a local search based on user-submitted text info, a location currently being displayed on a map, or using the location [...]
Google Earth Adds Hiking Trails, GPS Data
The sun is setting, you’re surrounded by trees, and you just heard a noise that sounded like Jabba the Hut’s rancor monster. Never fear – Google and Trimble will get you home. Thanks to a new GPS content layer, they’ll also get you “a wide variety of multimedia data on fitness and outdoor adventures, including [...]
Indian Wi-Fi Mesh Spun Using Google
The citizens of Mumbai, India may soon be blessed with a wireless mesh network that should blanket the city. And although Lifestyle Networks and its managing director, Abhishek Javeri, are behind this development, Mumbai’s citizens will also owe a thank-you to Google. Google, according to Light Reading’s Ray Le Maistre, “comes into play . . [...]
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