December 08, 2005

Windows Live Local

Windows Live Local, Microsoft's answer to Google Local, has debuted. Since the holidays are nearly upon us, and I want to post from the road, I decided to look for wifi hotspots. I tried every possible form and phrase I could think of...wi fi, wi-fi, wifi hotspots, but got nothing. Okay, this may not be fair, but Google Local clearly outperformed them in this case. Regardless, I'm sure both will have plenty of improvements in the future, as location based services mature.

You can bet I'll be searching Google Local for wifi hotspots over the next couple of weeks, converting the results to .gpx files, and transferring the waypoints to my GPS.

Via The Map Room.

Dec 8, 2005 7:26:00 PM | Internet applications, Location based services

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