Google software for tracking mobile users coming to iPhone
AppleInsider — ... automatically, you can manually set your location for elsewhere -- perhaps a visit to Niagara Falls," Google said. "Since you may not want to share the same information with everyone, Latitude lets you change the settings on a friend-by-friend basis. So for each person, you can choose to share your best available location or your city-level location, or you can hide." Latitude is currently available in 27 countries on the Blackberry, S60, and Windows Mobile operating systems via google.com/latitude . In the coming days, Google plans to expand the service to its ...

Google offers tool to let you track your friends’ movements
Macworld — by Peter Sayer , IDG News Service Not content with indexing the world’s information, Google is now tracking where users of its maps service are, and making that location data searchable by others. The tracking feature, called Latitude , will appear on compatible mobile devices in a new version of Google Maps, version 3.0.0. It can also be added as a gadget on iGoogle, the company’s personalizable home page service. Tracking people’s movements is sure to raise concerns about privacy, but “everything about Latitude is opt-in,” according to Vic Gundotra, vice-president of engineering with Google’s mobile ...

Will Google Latitude Be The Mother -- Or Big Brother -- Of Social Networking?
iSmashPhone — ... That's the idea behind Google Latitude, which is actually an outgrowth of Google Maps for mobile phones (and soon, your iPhone, as an upgrade of the Google Mobile App).  Install the iGoogle gadget on your PC, and you'll be able to see the location of anyone who's opted to share their location with you -- and you with them. ...

Developers Create Unofficial Find My iPhone API
O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone — Developers Create Unofficial Find My iPhone API by Brady Forrest | @brady | comments: 2 The iPhone is correctly credited with bringing location services to the consumer. It started at launch with Google Maps . It kicked into hyper-drive with the launch of the App Store (there are now over 2800 location-enabled apps - via Skyhook ). However, there is still a step to go, the iPhone needs the ability to share your location in the background to a third-party server. This has been done for them by a couple of hackers. Apple already tracks the location of any Mobile Me ...

Google Latitude for iPhone
Google Mac Blog — If you're an iPhone user, you might have been waiting for Google Latitude, our service that lets you see where your friends are, which has not been available on iPhone. Well, today we're releasing Google Latitude for iPhone and iPod touch as a web application running on iPhone's Safari browser. Now you can share your location with your friends, as well as control who gets to see it, all from your iPhone. ...

Google Maps for Mobile Gains Layer Support
jkOnTheRun — ... Layers add information to your maps like Wikipedia entries related to local objects, Google Latitude locations of friends, photos of nearby places and more. Google says you can use multiple layers at the same time for a richer experience. Search is beefed up as well with an updated category list to help minimize typing on the small screen. ...

Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone. No, It Doesn’t Run In The Background.
TechCrunch — Google has finally gotten around to launching its location-based network, Latitude on the iPhone. The service, which has been around for months on the web and Android, BlackBerry, Symbian and Windows Mobile devices may finally be ready to take off now that it’s on the hottest smartphone on the market. But there’s a problem — and it’s a big one. Latitude, like all other third-party iPhone apps, cannot run in the background on the device. While you might think this would be extremely obvious, there is a big difference between Latitude and many of the other apps ...

Google Latitude now for iPhone (webapp)
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence — You can now use Google Latitude on your iPhone, though it is just a webapp.  Interesting information form Google on why they didn't build a "traditional" app: We worked closely with Apple to bring Latitude to the iPhone in a way Apple thought would be best for iPhone users. After we developed a Latitude application for the iPhone, Apple requested we release Latitude as a web application in order to avoid confusion with Maps on the iPhone, which uses Google to serve maps tiles. Google, like Apple, continues to push for improvements in web browser ...

Google Latitude for iPhone arrives as Web app
Macworld — Posted on by David Chartier , Macworld.com Google released Latitude earlier this year as a location-based service (LBS) that competes with Brightkite and Loopt . After bringing Latitude to Android phones last month, it is now available as an iPhone web app—because Apple didn't want it as a native app. Like similar LBS's, Latitude allows you to add friends, view their location on a map, and send messages to schedule lunch or a meeting. You get complete control over privacy settings such as who can see your location and how exactly it is plotted on their map. Latitude for ...

Google Maps for iPhone Illustrates Coming Maturity of Web Apps
jkOnTheRun — Earlier today, I mentioned the latest Google Maps for Mobileversion was available for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60 devices. As I looked at the web version of Maps on my iPhone, I noticed that Google Latitude was working. Some readers found the same, but others only saw a “coming soon” page. Thanks to fortuitous timing on my part, I stumbled on to the feature just as it was rolling out from Google. I had asked Google about the confusing situation and the official response pointed me to the news: Google did indeed just roll out Latitude for Maps on the iPhone’s web ...

Google Latitude finally makes it over to iPhone, as a web app
Engadget — ... through Safari -- a new trick care of iPhone OS 3.0. As to why, the Official Google Blog explains Apple had some concern that people would confuse it for the native Maps app. We still don't get why it couldn't simply be added to Maps itself, but we're not the multibillion dollar company, here. Go ahead, let your privacy cares away and direct your iPhone to the link below to see what all the fuss is about. Now it's time to wait (im)patiently for Google Voice. Read - Google Latitude Read - Official Google Mobile Blog Filed under: Cellphones ...

Google Finally Provides Latitude to iPhone Users — Yeah, it’s a WebApp
The iPhone Blog — Google Latitude — the service that either allows you to keep track of your friends or be stalked by stalking stalker types, depending on your point of view — is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch. No, it’s not built into Google Maps as part of iPhone 3.1 with push update capability. No, it’s not built into Google Mobile app. No, it’s not even set up as an iPhone app in and of itself. Google Latitude is a WebApp and it runs in Mobile Safari using the iPhone 3.0 geoLocation feature. Apparently Apple, in their ...

In the news
iPhone J.D. — ... Google Latitude is a product that allows you to see where your friends are located on a map and for them to see where you are located.  If you want to share this information with your friends, the iPhone would seem like a natural client because it is always with you and it knows where you are.  Thus, Google developed a Google Latitude iPhone app.  But as ...

Google Latitude comes to iPhone… as a web app
iPhone Buzz — Google recently released Google Latitude for iPhone and iPod touch as a web application and currently supports iPhone/iPod Touch OS 3.0 or above. For the time being, it's only available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Our Latitude web app provides all the core functionality you might expect: you can see the location of your friends on a map and modify your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom. In fact, if my friends and colleagues back in London haven't yet noticed my absence, they'll see in Latitude that I'm ...

Google Latitude Now Available For iPhone
Just Another iPhone Blog — ... To update my location from my iPhone, I have to launch Mobile Safari and navigate to www.google.com/latitude, and then tap to allow Safari to access my location information. Having to manually update my location means having to remember to keep opening Safari and allowing it to re-detect where you are, in order to provide any real value to your friends. ...

Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone In The Form Of A Web App
iPhone Matters — ... : Our Latitude web app provides all the core functionality you might expect: you can see the location of your friends on a map and modify your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom . You can try Google Latitude for your iPhone by pointing Safari to google.com/latitude . Via: ...

Google Latitude, the web app now available for the iPhone
iPhonefreak — Google Latitude, the web app now available for the iPhone Google has recently made Latitude available for the iPhone, but sadly it has not come as part of the Maps app, or even a separate native app. Instead Google has released Latitude as a web app, slightly disappointing, but that aside it does appear (in my very limited use) to work well. According to Google, here is a little explanation as to why Latitude was not released as a native app.“Unfortunately, since there is no mechanism for applications to run in the background on iPhone (which applies to browser-based web apps as well), we’re not able to provide ...

iPhone Finally Gets a Google Latitude App
WebProNews Feed — Google has released a Google Latitude web app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, running Safari. To use it, users can go to google.com/latitude. A bookmark can be created so that there is a home screen link of course. "Our Latitude web app provides all the core functionality you might expect: you can see the location of your friends on a map and modify your privacy settings so that you control how your location is shared and with whom," says Mat Balez, Product Manager on the Google Mobile Team. "In fact, if my friends and colleagues back in London haven't yet noticed my absence, ...

Google Latitude iPhone app live
iPhone News Updated — ... be a a joyous occasion, and while it’s here we can’t help but be a bitter. Why? Because Google Latitude’s been busted down to a web app in iPhone Safari, rather than the full on app. Why? Because Apple said so. Head on over to google.com/latitude on your iPhone and you’ll now be able to access Google Latitude so you can hit up any friends on the service and in the neighborhood for a catch up drink, or even track down your rogue employees. No, we don’t follow that either. ...

Google Launches Latitude for iPhone
TheAppleBlog — ... In another move in Google’s continued bid to dominate the entire internet — albeit with useful and occasionally innovative services — the search giant has officially launched Latitude for the iPhone. ...

Changes in Apple attitudes force changes in Google Latitude
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store We didn't want to let the week slip into the weekend without mention of the long-awaited release, on Thursday afternoon, of Google's Latitude client for iPhone, allowing users to update their locations to the social service and keep track of friends and family on the move (otherwise known as "iStalkU" -- no, sorry, that was Loopt, my mistake). You can access the service by browsing to http://google.com/latitude on Mobile Safari on your iPhone or iPod touch. Yes, that's right, browsing. Latitude, ...

Google mobile web apps (GMail included) slightly changed, improved
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has tweaked some of its mobile web apps for Android-powered smartphones and the iPhone. Affected services include GMail, Latitude, Calendar and Tasks. The whole point of the tweak is to make the services slightly user friendlier with a bit larger, darker buttons. ...