Learn about Google Latitude

A new product from Google is giving a lot to talk in terms of privacy, freshly baked and presented as Google Latitude , the service aims to show in real time where you or your friends are, the idea is not new, the very Jaiku does this, but to work everyone has to participate and Google can do this, with its large global influence, trying to gather a large number of users for the service.

The benefits are amazing, the idea this time to take in some years it may be possible to use (effectively) Google Search to search and find sites for example, a job with the best discount tickets, cinema and so on.

Of course you do not have to use the service, but still do not have to worry about privacy issues, you can configure the friends with whom you want to share information and if it does not use the service receive an invitation, is also possible to hide your current location and show it only to selected friends.

Google Latitude does not work perfectly everywhere in the world, but thinking it was added the option to manually adjust your current location. The game can get really interesting if it appears an API that is quickly integrated with other services like Gtalk, MySpace and even Google Search.

To use the service is very simple, you can access http://www.google.com/latitude and fill in where it is indicated with the number of your phone, then you will receive a message with installation instructions. It is also possible to install accessing http://m.google.com/latitude if your phone is supported, you will see the download option. Alternatively, if you do not want to use it on your phone, simply add the gadget on iGoogle .

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