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Posts Tagged ‘latitude’
Latitude Tree Int’l Group – Corporate moves
January 5th, 2011 |
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iPhone Gets Google Latitude App
December 21st, 2010 |
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Ever wanted to know exactly where you are or someone else is while on the go? Thanks go the guys at Google, you will no longer be left contemplating your’s or anyone else’s location as long as you and your acquaintances have the Google Latitude app for iPhone. It will let you see where your [...]
Google Latitude Goes Native for Apple’s iPhone iOS 4
December 14th, 2010 |
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Google launched its official Google Latitude application for Apple’s iPhone. The app leverages the multitasking capabilities of iOS 4 to deliver persistent location. – Google Dec. 13 launched its official Google Latitude application for Apple’s
iPhone, more than a year and a half after Apple refused to allow the app as a
native offering in its App Store.
Google Latitude
is the company’s friend-finding application, showing smartphone users where
there friends …
Google Latitude available, Angry Birds cases, Infinity Blade is fastest grossing app
December 13th, 2010 |
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Last week Google Latitude hit the App Store early and was pulled. Today the app is back on the App Store for good and you can download it to track your friends right now. Gear4 has announced that it has teamed up with Rovio, the developer of the hit game Angry Birds, to offer some [...]
Latitude Tree Intl Group – Corporate moves
November 15th, 2010 |
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Phuan Phui Seck Brian has been appointed independent director/audit committee member wef Nov 1
Work experience: Non-executive chairman, Paragon Group of Companies
Google Maps For Android Gets Search Filters, Real-Time Latitude and More
October 31st, 2010 |
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Good news for Android mobile users who regularly use Google Maps to find directions and places. Google has introduced a new version of Google Maps for Android that brings along some nice new features. Called Google Maps 4.6 for Android, this new version incorporates the new Places design and features, the ability to filter search [...]
Google Latitude for the Computer Just Got Easier
October 8th, 2010 |
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For those that have been yearning for Google to provide a simpler way to use Google Latitude on a desktop computer, your prayers have been answered. Google has just made it a whole lot easier to see where you, your friends, and your family are located – all from a single place on your computer. [...]
Google Latitude API Will Let Users Check Traffic, Fraud From Mobile Phones
May 21st, 2010 |
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Google May 19 launched an API for Google Latitude, the friend-finding service that lets users display their locations on Google Maps. Developers could build apps or services for that alert users to potential fraud of their credit card accounts when a purchase is made from a location remote from the card holder. Programmers might also write apps that, in conjunction with users’ location history, send alerts to users’ mobile phones to let them know whether the route ahead of them is obstructed or heavily trafficked. – Google launched an API for
Google Latitude, the friend-finding service that lets users display their
locations on Google Maps.
The API, rolled out at Google I/O May 19, will let users use
and reuse their Latitude location with any applications or services.
Google has
put in the yeoman’s work,…
Dell Latitude Laptop Portfolio Grows by 3
April 8th, 2010 |
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Dell’s Latitude family grows by three with the introduction of the E6410, E6510 and E6410 ATG notebooks. While the Dell Latitude E6410 ATG is a semirugged laptop, all three notebooks offer Intel’s Core i5 and i7 processors, high-speed DDR3 memory and energy-saving features. The Dell laptops are equipped with either Windows Vista or Windows 7.
– Dell introduced three new additions to its Latitude E family of laptops on
April 8.
One semirugged and two professional, the laptops are the result of a
year’s worth of design tinkering and taking to heart to client feedback, and
Dell no doubt hopes they’ll encourage enterprises made timid …
Google Maps for Mobile Boasts Better Search, Latitude Widget
March 18th, 2010 |
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Google March 17 has improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing application to Google Maps for mobile 4.1. Google has also begun putting ads from its local business partners on Google Maps pages in Australia and New Zealand. When users searching for information on businesses zoom in to Google Maps, participating businesses will be identified by a small representation of their logo. If or when such ads appear on Google Maps in the U.S. is unclear.
– Google March 17 has
improved search and added a widget for the Google Latitude location-sharing
application to its latest version of the Google Maps program for mobile phones.
Available for smartphones based on Google Android 1.6 and
greater, Google Maps for mobile 4.1 has a cleaner search user …
Google Buzz, Latitude May Be Integrated, Google Says
March 8th, 2010 |
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Google will try different points of integration between Google Latitude and the new Google Buzz for mobile application. Because Google Buzz for mobile formed at the intersection of social and mobile, many industry watchers wondered if the app was a replacement for Google Latitude. Hardly, said Steve Lee, product manager for Google Maps for mobile and Google Latitude, who explained the different intents behind Google Latitude and Google Buzz for mobile.
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Google will try different points of integration between
Google Latitude and the new Google Buzz for mobile application, a product manager
for the company told eWEEK in a recent interview.
When Google
launched Google Buzz Feb. 9, it launched in parallel a
mobile version of that ap…
Latitude Tree posts 126% rise in half-year net profit to $11.5m
February 11th, 2010 |
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Newly-listed Latitude Tree International Group, the manufacturer of quality lifestyle wooden home furniture, has reported a 126.4% surge in net profit from $5.1 million in HY2009 to $11.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009 (HY2010).
This manufacturer says this was driven mainly by a 15.0% increase in revenue to $77.7 million in HY2010, as compared to that in HY2009, higher sales of better margin products, improved production efficiency and lower per unit factory costs and raw material costs.
Dell Latitude 13, Precision M6500 Offer Enterprise-Class Computing
February 2nd, 2010 |
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The Dell Latitude 13 a svelte and more hardcore take on the Vostro V13 and the Precision M6500 dual-core, a quick update to the M6500 quad-core, will both arrive in the coming weeks with an emphasis on being not just hardware but enterprise solutions.
– Dell introduced two new PCs on Feb. 2, which its referring to as
“the beauty” and “the beast.” The looker of the two is the Latitude 13,
a thin-and-light laptop for the enterprise, and the more muscular the
worlds most powerful mobile workstation, according to Dell is the
Precision M6500 dua…
Apple Answers Google Latitude as Google Eyes Contextual Ads
January 4th, 2010 |
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The United Patent Trademark Office Dec. 31 published Apple’s location sharing patent and Patent Trademark Office position fix indicator patent, both of which describe functionality akin to what Google Latitude provides for users. Meanwhile, the Google Rumors blog reported Jan. 1 that Google has filed a patent to scan images and videos for contextual relevance. This ad category, particularly in the context of mobile devices, is a big business if Google, Yahoo, Microsoft or any of dozens of Internet companies can successfully create formulas to make money from it.
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Internet sleuths detected intriguing patents from Google
and Apple, which are increasingly trading blows over the desktop and mobile Web.
The United Patent amp; Trademark Office Dec. 31
published Apple’s location-sharing patent and Patent amp; Trademark Office position
fix indic…
Facebook Case Sets Up Google Latitude as Tempting Legal Tool
November 14th, 2009 |
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The exoneration of a Brooklyn teenager with the help of a timely Facebook status update has sparked interest in social networking tools as evidence for law enforcement officials and litigators. This could heighten interest in Google Latitude Location History, an opt-in feature that lets users store where they’ve been. Yet the fact that Google is now storing location history has privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation concerned about what sort of protection Google will offer Latitude users in the case of legal compliance.
– News Analysis: Defense attorneys everywhere are high-fiving in the
wake of a Brooklyn teenager’s acquittal over robbery charges when it was learned the teen had
posted a status update on Facebook from his home computer during the crime.
And with that, proponents of Facebook, Twitter and other soc…
Google Latitude Adds Location History and Alerts, Cranks Creepy Meter
November 11th, 2009 |
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Google launches Location History and Location Alerts, features that will make the Google Latitude geolocation service infinitely more useful, while inviting scrutiny from privacy critics. Despite the obvious privacy safeguards of not sharing location history with other users and allowing users to scrub their location history, the new Latitude features will likely warrant the attention of organizations such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation that are nervous about location-based services. Latitude competes with services such as Loopt and Brightkite.
– Google Nov. 10 launched Location History and Location Alerts, features that
will make the Google Latitude geolocation service infinitely more useful and
invite scrutiny from privacy critics.
Google launched Latitude in February as a new Google Maps
feature and iGoogle gadget that lets users see …
Dell Latitude XT2 XFR Tablet Is Thin, Rugged
October 27th, 2009 |
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Dell says its new Latitude XT2 XFR which shares components with its Latitude XT2 tablet is the industrys thinnest 12.1-inch rugged convertible tablet.
– Dell has released what it says is the industrys thinnest 12.1-inch
rugged convertible tablet, the Latitude XT2 XFR. Designed for
physically demanding vertical markets such as military, police, field
service, factory fulfillment and first responders, the new tablet
extends Dells mobile solution p…
New Google Maps for Blackberry
October 23rd, 2009 |
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Google just announced a new version of Google Maps for Blackberry users. Recently Windows Mobile and S60 already had a chance to use version 3.2, but now it’s the Blackberry crowd’s turn.
With layers being the new dynamic feature of this version of Google Maps, there is no better way to show it than with a [...]
New Google Maps for Blackberry
October 23rd, 2009 |
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Google just announced a new version of Google Maps for Blackberry users. Recently Windows Mobile and S60 already had a chance to use version 3.2, but now it’s the Blackberry crowd’s turn.
With layers being the new dynamic feature of this version of Google Maps, there is no better way to show it than with a [...]
Dell Unveils Latitude Z600 Laptop, OptiPlex 780 Desktop, Precision T1500 Workstation
September 29th, 2009 |
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On Sept. 29, Dell rolled out a trio of new PCs designed for enterprise customers, especially those working in finance, banking, real estate and the insurance industry. The first PC is the Dell Latitude Z600 laptop, which offers a new technology that gives users access to Microsoft Exchange and other applications without fully booting the notebook. In addition, Dell unveiled two desktop models. One is the OptiPlex 780 desktop, which is designed for larger enterprises, and the second is the Precision T1500 workstation, which is geared toward CAD (computer-aided design) workers.
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