November 11th, 2009
Google can be your alibi
Wrongly accused? Got no alibi? If you turn a new feature released today, Google Latitude lets you retrace your footsteps — complete with timestamps. The fact that you can now re-play your life is a bit creepy, but it’s your choice if you want to enable it or not.
In addition to this new feature, Latitude now lets you do a couple more things that you may or may not find useful:
1) You can have Google Latitude automatically update your Google Talk “status” to reveal your current city-level location.
2) Be alerted if you and any of your friends get close to each other by accident. This feature will only be triggered if:
- You or your friend are at an unusual place, filtering out routine alert cases at home or work.
- You or your friend are at a routine place but at an unusual time.
3) You can now publish your location using a latitude “badge” on your website. You can restrict this to city-level if you’re worried about everyone knowing your exact location.
What do you think of the new features in Google Latitude?
Garett Rogers is employed as a programmer for iQmetrix, which specializes in retail management software for the wireless industry.
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