{"id":543401,"date":"2010-04-26T12:35:26","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T16:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=14844"},"modified":"2010-04-26T12:35:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T16:35:26","slug":"motorola-ditches-google-location-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/543401","title":{"rendered":"Motorola Ditches Google Location Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F26%2Fmotorola-ditches-google-location-services%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F04%2F26%2Fmotorola-ditches-google-location-services%2F&amp;source=AndroidGuys&amp;style=normal&amp;service=bit.ly\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-14845\" href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/04\/26\/motorola-ditches-google-location-services\/maps-and-pins-square\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14845\" src=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Maps-and-pins-square.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent development, Motorola has announced that it is replacing Google location services in a vast majority of its devices with Skyhook location services.<\/p>\n<p>Skyhook, which is already used in Apple&#8217;s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, triangulates your location by using a large grid of WiFi hotspots. 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