Geolocation is the ability to track a device’s whereabouts using GPS, cell phone towers, WiFi access points or a combination of these.

My JavaScript geolocation tutorial covers the bases, including the similar Geode plugin baked into the next version of Firefox.

Geolocation is the tech buzzword of the year, and could revolutionize the way we socialize and discover new places. We look at the trend, what it means and how to use it.

Guest post written by Steven Cook and Miten Sampat Steven Cook is founder of Fortune CMO, a consulting firm. Miten Sampat is VP of product strategy at Quova, a unit of Neustar. The seeming ...

Considering how vital geolocation data is to the policing of click-fraud, Google could be building out their own complete geolocation data aggregation infrastructure.

How come my desktop browser can get my location, but mobile Safari on my iPhone acts as if it doesn’t know where I am? I hate to seem impatient, but there is a proposed geolocation standard ...

Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has ordered mobile carriers to explain what geolocation data they collect from customers and how they use it. Rosenworcel's probe ...

How to Get Twitter Geolocations From Public Tweets. The Twitter micro-blogging service includes a geolocation feature that automatically adds the user's neighborhood or town and state information ...