Comments on: Google Gears uses WiFi to geolocate your laptop

By: edhardy622

edhardy622 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:29:13 +0000

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By: vrypan|net|weblog » Gears και lastminute.com

vrypan|net|weblog » Gears και lastminute.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:33:29 +0000

[...] Το lastminute.com έχει μία πειραματική εφαρμογή του gears που επιτρέπει στους χρήστες να βρίσκουν “αυτόματα” τα κοντινότερά τους ξενοδοχεία. Για μία εισαγωγή στο θέμα, διαβάστε Google Gears uses WiFi to geolocate your laptop. [...]

By: Victor Lund

Victor Lund — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:34:48 +0000

I loaded google gears and tried it. It is pretty cool – in a toy like fashion.

Google gears for android and iphone will be cooler – it wants to be a mobile application. We were thinking that it would be a great tie in to zhiing. When a person gets a zhiing and is on their way somewhere, it would be great to see restaurants, gas stations, coffee shops, and other places that would make their trip convenient.

I know that my wife would get more flowers if I could easily make a stop on the way.

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:23:54 +0000

Hey, you're right! Didn't think of that … very cool.

By: Google knows where you are (well, at least your laptop) « The Privacy Cops

Google knows where you are (well, at least your laptop) « The Privacy Cops — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:24:21 +0000

[...] product has now been enhanced with the capability to geolocate your laptop via wi-fi. According to VentureBeat, this version of the Gears Geolocation API uses your laptop’s Wi-Fi signal to pinpoint your [...]

By: SoLinkable

SoLinkable — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:11:40 +0000

Bah too much information. Can you image how useful this could be if your laptop was stolen? It would be so easy to track it down…