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Google Enables MyLocation on Safari Mobile for iPhone

By on July 16, 2009

Google has announced that it has enabled its MyLocation location aware search service for Mobile Safari on the iPhone.

The service works by the user conductiong search for a particular product or place, and MyLocation then relies on cellsite triangulation relative to the location of the device to provide relevant results.

The service requires activation before use and can be updated via Google if and when the location changes significantly.

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2 responses to “Google Enables MyLocation on Safari Mobile for iPhone”

  1. Ken
    Ken July 17, 2009 at 12:36 am |

    Did my wife Palm Centro have the Google my location(or something like this) last year this time before the iPhone? Wow.

  2. Christopher Price
    Christopher Price July 17, 2009 at 4:03 pm |

    Ken, you’re referring to the My Location feature inside of Google Maps. iPhone has had this feature since iPhone OS 2.0.

    The new feature that Google is offering on iPhone, is the ability for the Google web site to interact with the location data from the iPhone. Apple added APIs in iPhone OS 3.0 that enable standard web sites to access GPS data, and perform GPS-based search queries, without needing access to the App Store.