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Location service vendor Skyhook filed two lawsuits against Google, claiming the search giant infringed patents and interfered with contracts it signed with Motorola and another company. Skyhook said the search giant’s Google Location Service violated four of its location technologies patents. Skyhook's XPS technology maps the location of 250 million Wi-Fi access points. Skyhook claims that Google licensed the technology in 2005 – and… Read More

Location-based services are becoming all the rage, particularly amongst social networking and mobile applications. So SkyHook Wireless has announced MyLoki a new service that lets users feed their “Loki” location—their physical location based on their current Wi-Fi hotspot— to social networking sites like Facebook, location directories like Yahoo's Fire Eagle, and even personal Web sites, Google MyMaps, and… Read More