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05.17.08

Find Yourself

iPhone's latest trick lets you locate yourself on a Google map. Does it work?
By Gregory Mone Posted 01.23.2008 at 4:44 pm 0 Comments

iPhone GPS: Photo by Grace Aquino
Last week, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that iPhone users will now be able to locate themselves on a Google map thanks to a new technology that triangulates the handset's position from Wi-Fi base stations or cell towers.

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