Tag: LOCAL

It's taken months of confused looks, but Google's finally seen the light. Hotpot, which has been a universally scorned moniker for a service that just about everyone called Places, is now simply lumped in with Places. The actual differences between Hotpot and Places were nearly non-existent, especially when dealing with the mobile aspect (which was even worse, since finding and rating ...

Recently, Google has been busy beefing up Latitude to make it more competitive with other location apps -- and more fun to use. Location history was added recently, iOS users can post check-ins via Latitude, and now Google has begun rolling out location-based deals which are tied to the service. If you're in the U.S., you can now score local savings at participating merchants by checking in ...

Google have launched two new localized domains for Iraq and Tunisia, bringing Google's search domains to a whopping 184 worldwide. The two new domains google.iq and google.tn allow for faster, better, and easier local search in both Iraq and Tunisia, as well as interface languages to suit. Both domains are available in English, but google.iq is also available in Arabic and Kurdish, where as ...

If you've ever searched for local shops on your iPhone or Android-based smartphone, but only wanted to show business that are still open, now you can. Google has rolled out its 'open now' feature for US-based local business search for mobile. It essentially allows you to filter by shop opening hours, showing you only the results that list the store as still being open at the time. A handy feature ...

Now that it has finally launched, it's been a lot of fun playing with the apps available in the Chrome Web Store. There is, however, one pretty big annoyance that I'd like to see rectified. Right now, there's no way to tell whether or not certain apps will work in your country -- like MOG. There's nothing in the Web Store description for MOG that it's U.S. only, and there's no note in the ...

One big knock against the Android Market has been the fact that developers could only receive payments from users in a handful of countries. Apart from adversely affecting global sales, that limitation also left a lot of developers who wanted to create localized Android apps frustrated. How can you you develop and sell an app targeted at Irish users if they can't pay for it in the Market? ...

Everyone knows you can use Google as a way of correcting your bad spelling. Just put in a word that you're not sure about, and it will give you the familiar "Did you mean?" result. There's no need to be embarrassed, just click through and find what you meant to search for. Well, now Google's going one step further with improved spelling correction. If it's absolutely sure you've botched the ...

Google has been throwing some mapped results into general searches for a while. But now they're a whole lot more likely to be relevant, because Google is triangulating your geographic location based on your IP address and other information to give you search results in your area. The end result is pretty useful. If you search for restaurants, post offices, libraries, or chain stores like ...

There are lots of iPhone apps that help you find nearby places to eat or shop, but Locavore offers a totally different twist. It tells you which foods are in season and available locally, and also helps you find farmers' markets where you can pick them up. It also links to information and recipes for each of the ingredients in its database. The search is by state, so some of the markets that come ...

AOL's MapQuest is branching out and adding local content to its online map service. The idea is that MapQuest already lets you figure out how to get from one place to another. MapQuest Local lets you know what you might want to do when you get there. You can access MapQuest Local via a the Local button at hte top of any MapQuest page. If you've never visited the page before, MapQuest will try ...

Have you ever walked into a restaurant to find only one person occupying each table? Why don't lonely people just sit together? Wouldn't a nice chat with a another warm blooded human be preferable to reading the newspaper over your slice of pizza? Yeah, Brian Dorsey's friends didn't think it would work either. But he went ahead and launched Noonhat.com anyway. With Noonhat.com you find your ...

Finding local amenities is a tough task when traveling, let along in your area. A Boston company aims at helping personalized local search through algorithmic recommendations. Zync has developed a prediction algorithm that enables users to pull in recommendations based on personal taste. Being that it's difficult to sift through recommendations for large cities, Zync takes into account personal ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/software/DownloadSquad_On_the_road_and_at_home_with_Yahoo_Go_2_0'; Over the past few weeks DLS has had the chance to check out Yahoo's GO 2.0 application for mobile devices at home and on the go with a Blackberry 8800 and a Nokia 6126. So how did the application fare out? Is it worth having on your device? What were the benefits and downfalls? And what would we ...

Google's Streetview maps project has only just launched in a few U.S. cities thus far, however, some shocking new discoveries by a tipster has us wondering what Google is planning. A Gizmodo reader followed a Google camera van that had been taking pictures around California back to the Googleplex, and stumbled upon a rather shocking surprise. A fleet of Chevy Cobalt cars suited up with what ...

Last year eBay entered into an advertising agreement with Yahoo, part of that agreement was to build a co-branded toolbar. It's now available. The new eBay toolbar uses both Yahoo and eBay features to power it. With it users can search for items on eBay or Half.com, and search with Yahoo using Yahoo Local, Yahoo Video and Yahoo Answers among others. The toolbar also has one click access to Yahoo ...