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WiFi Triangulation on Mobile and the Desktop<\/a> – Greg Sterling, LocalMobileSearch
\nTed Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless (provider of WiFi location on the iPhone)… said that the feature has already proven to be wildly popular with users and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seeing an impressive volume of usage already.<\/p>\n


\nMobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm <\/a> – Michael Boland, SearchEnginewatch<\/p>\n

<\/em>The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) showcased the first few devices that run Google’s much anticipated Android operating system….These are the first physical signs of what will be a major inflection point in the history of mobile devices and mobile local search.
\n<\/em>This perfect storm of factors has finally happened and will bring the mobile search world where it needs to be. There’s no going back. Rising usability standards and corresponding usage growth are the first steps that we’re seeing now.<\/p>\n

The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey<\/a> – NY Times <\/p>\n

<\/em>In 2006, [Phillips] and a colleague from ScanSoft, John Nguyen, started Vlingo because they thought that speech recognition technology, cellular networks and phones were all becoming powerful enough to allow voice navigation systems on cellphones. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have done this five years ago,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he says….James R. Glass, a principal research scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at M.I.T., says speech technology \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is going to end up everywhere speech can be useful.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

GPS Adds Dimension to Online Photos<\/a> – ANICK JESDANUN, The Associated Press- Washington Post
\n<\/em>That’s just one of the growing number of uses for geotagging, which is largely practiced by tech-savvy and professional photographers but is likely to expand.<\/p>\n

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WiFi Triangulation on Mobile and the Desktop – Greg Sterling, LocalMobileSearch Ted Morgan, CEO of Skyhook Wireless (provider of WiFi location on the iPhone)… said that the feature has already proven to be wildly popular with users and he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s seeing an impressive volume of usage already. Mobile Local Search: A Perfect Storm – Michael Boland, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-google-maps-google-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t