Tag Archives: Location

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Will Track Your Location For The Next 180 Days—Then It Stops  Forbes Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps is making a big privacy change to protect your location history  The Verge Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google quits on huge, longtime SF office in luxury location  SFGATE Source link

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Special counsel Jack Smith has a plan for how to illustrate Donald Trump’s influence over the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors will show a map of people gathered around the Ellipse to hear Trump say, “we’re going to the Capitol” to “fight like hell,” then follow those supporters in real time as they head down Pennsylvania Avenue to where lawmakers were certifying President Biden’s victory.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Let’s attempt to decode Google’s confusing new location data settings  Ars Technica Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google’s Find My Devices network is getting Chipolo location trackers  The Verge Source link

KIRKLAND, Wash. — The City of Kirkland announced Friday that Google will not be buying the Lee Johnson properties and will not be proceeding with their redevelopment project. The proposed purchase was for a 10-acre lot located on Northeast 85th Street. The original plan would have allowed for 7,000 employees on the campus. In a press release, the city cited the completion of the Sound Transit Bus Rapid Transit Station will create “similar… Source link

It was only a matter of time until Google launched its own location tracker, similar to Apple’s AirTags, Samsung’s SmartTag, and of course, Tile. According to the developer (and well-sourced leaker) Kuba Wojciechowski, Google’s Nest team is developing a tracker codenamed “Grogu.” It’ll reportedly include an onboard speaker, as well as support for Bluetooth Low Energy and ultra-wideband (UWB). Wojciechowski found evidence of the tracker when he noticed that Google added support for locator… Source link

Chicago Tribune New records show Gov. J.B. Pritzker has spent $350 million to win his two terms in office In his two winning campaigns to become Illinois’ chief executive, billionaire Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the nation’s wealthiest politician, has spent $350 million, including more than $167 million to defeat Republican Darren Bailey by nearly 13 percentage points in November, according to newly released state and federal campaign records. Bailey, a former state senator from… Source link

Apple and Samsung launched location tags, and now Google is looking to join their company. According to a Kuba Wojciechowski and Mishaal Rahman‘s investigation of the developer’s console of the Fast Pair feature it now has “locator tag” as a listed device. The codename of the product is “Grogu”, “Groguaudio” or “GR10”. Samsung Galaxy SmartTag The product is developed by the Nest team, but that does not necessarily mean it will be a Nest product. The gadget has an… Source link