Geosense shows up as a location sensor in the Location and Other Sensors pane in Control Panel. It would be downright nutty to put a GPS sensor inside your desktop (unless maybe you’re sporting one of ...

To enable geolocation for the Camera application in Windows 11/10, open the Settings app (press Windows + I hotkey) and then go to the Privacy category. Now, locate ...

Yesterday I wanted to go somewhere and was using my Laptop for navigation. I was flabbergasted upon noticing that the place I was supposed to go is kilometers away from me; in reality, it should be ...

It's a little known fact, but Windows 7 – like OS X – has an integrated location platform and API that allows for location-aware applications, taking advantage of technologies like GPS or WiFi ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We've mentioned in the past about 'Orion', the geolocation service/API for Windows Phone 7 which ...

Cnet’s Ina Fried is covering WinHEC, Microsoft’s Hardware Engineering Conference, and has discovered that Windows 7 has a new system-wide service that will offer very easily accessible geographical ...

Welcome to The Next Web’s Weekly Recap. Make sure to check out The Next Web’s Podcast (iTunes or XML) where we analyze, rant and have fun with the weekly tech news. This week Microsoft unveiled its ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Privacy in smartphones is always a big deal amongst consumers ...

Apple found itself in a bit of hot water back in April when researchers discovered that iPhones and 3G-enabled iPads recorded the position of devices in a hidden file. The revelation created an uproar ...

After hinting that it would do so last June, Google’s mobile team has released a Geolocation API for Google Gears. This works both on mobile phones and laptops running Gears, but developers will find ...