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Google Latitude Gets Creepy With Location History And Alerts
2:20PM Rosa Golijan | Google already knows too much about me, yet Google Latitude’s Location History and Location Alerts features are still creepy. But they’re useful, because together they learn your usual hangouts and know when you don’t need notifications of who’s nearby. More »
Computers
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR: The First Multitouch Convertible Tablet PC
6:06AM Matt Buchanan | The Latitude XT2 XFR is a ruggedised version of Dell’s XT2 tablet built to MIL-810G standards for taking an ass-beating: It’s got an impact resistant, sunlight-viewable 12-inch multitouch LED-backlit display, compression sealed orifices, and works in temperatures from -23C to 60C. More »
Software
Playnice Will Make Your iPhone Auto-Update Google Latitude Via MobileMe
10:00AM Jesus Diaz | Apple thwarted Google’s effort to release Latitude—which allows your control-freak friends to know where you are at all times—as an iPhone application. You can only update it manually using a web page, which makes it not-so-useful. Until now. More »
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4:30AM Matt Buchanan | The App Store approval process has always been mysterious, slightly ridiculous and mildly infuriating. But with the summary execution of Google Latitude as well as every Google Voice app, it’s finally gone too far. More »
Apple’s Chickenshit Approval Process Has Gone Too Far
4:30AM Matt Buchanan | The App Store approval process has always been mysterious, slightly ridiculous and mildly infuriating. But with the summary execution of Google Latitude as well as every Google Voice app, it’s finally gone too far. More »
Software
Google Latitude For IPhone Is A Lame Web App Because Apple Thinks We’re Easily Confused
10:00AM Matt Buchanan | Google’s finally released their Latitude location service for iPhone—unfortunately, it’s a lame web app. Originally, it was a real application. But Apple thought we would all be horribly confused. More »
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Google Offers Updated Maps Features Through Android Market
3:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Google updated their integral Maps Android app with some pretty sweet new features, including voice search, public transit and walking directions, and a beefed-up Latitude. It’s great to see them pushing updates as they’re ready, without waiting for carriers. [Google] More »
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Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook for the Childrens Is Crayola Rugged
2:01PM Matt Buchanan | I liked everything about Dell’s Latitude 2100 netbook—I think it’s designed pretty smartly for its target K-12 audience—except for the price. It’s $US370, which is a bit high for an education netbook, no? More »
Phones
It’s Become Really Dumb to Steal Mobile Phones
1:10AM Matt Buchanan | The days of stealing mobile phones are almost over: Stealing a homing beacon is pretty stupid, even for dumb criminals. A woman had her purse snatched—but had Google’s Latitude location service running on her mobile phone inside. More »
Software
Google Reaffirms Latitude For iPhone
8:58AM Jason Chen | Google just reaffirmed that they’re going to be releasing the friend-tracking Latitude app for the iPhone just a few minutes ago. It’s most likely going to be after the 3.0 firmware update is release, but Google also said “soon”. Is summer soon? More »
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