One of the pieces of functionality commonly discussed when distinguishing HTML5 from previous versions of HTML is the standardization of geolocation via the Geolocation API. Although some browsers ...

This article is an excerpt from the book HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers published by Pearson/Addison-Wesley Professional. The Geolocation API was removed from the core of the HTML5 specification ...

The Mozilla Hacks blog has posted a nice screencast overview of the HTML5 Geolocation API. The video is designed to help anyone competing in Mozilla’s September developer derby (which involves ...

Geolocation, Web Workers, History manipulation, undo, iFrame sandboxes, and other HTML5 specs laying the groundwork for a safer and smarter Web One of the sly games that smart managers play is ...

At the W3C Workshop on Privacy for Advanced Web APIs, one of the topics was the Geolocation API Specification. Experts from Google (news, site), Opera Software (news ...

CHAMIN MILLS has found a new way to give customers a poke. Ms. Mills manages social media for Pacific Catch, a chain of three seafood restaurants in the Bay Area. A few months ago, the restaurant, ...