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  1. The Making of the Time Out Firefox OS app

    • by , and • Apps, Firefox OS, Geolocation, HTML5, IndexedDB, JavaScript • 2 comments

    A rash start into adventure So we told our client that yes, of course, we would do their Firefox OS app. We didn’t know much about FFOS at the time. But, hey, we had just completed refactoring their native iOS and Android apps. Web applications Read more…

  2. Who moved my geolocation?

    • by and • Firefox OS, Geolocation, Mobile • 5 comments

    One of the questions we often get when we are talking about Firefox OS is: “What about the GPS on some devices”? You may have noticed that on some devices, the GPS position is not quite accurate or can take a long time to report Read more…

  3. Interview with Giovanny Granada, winner of the Geolocation Dev Derby

    • by • Dev Derby, Geolocation • Comments off

    Giovanny Granada won the most recent Geolocation Dev Derby with GoGeoTweet, his wonderful web-based visualization of Twitter activity happening nearby. Recently, I had the chance to learn more about Giovanny: his work, his ambitions, and his thoughts on the future of web development. The interview Read more…

  4. Located: Winners of the September Dev Derby on Geolocation.

    • by • Challenge, Demo Studio, Dev Derby, Featured Article, Geolocation, MDN, Mobile • Comments off

    With more people going mobile and taking the Web with them, we thought Geolocation was a great topic for the September Dev Derby. Web developers explored a number of ways to bring your physical location into the Web experience and we had 16 demos submitted Read more…

  5. Webinar: Geolocation with Remy Sharp

    • by • Geolocation, Webinars • 3 comments

    Update 2011-09-09: Oh noes! We had a double dose of technical difficulties during this webinar. The BigBlueButton server froze and required a couple of reboots to get it working. It worked fine for the remainder of the session. Thanks to those who stuck around, and Read more…

  6. Where on earth? This month's Developer Derby is all about geolocation.

    • by • Dev Derby, Firefox, Geolocation • Comments off

    Another month, another Developer Derby. This month we want you to play with something that is not part of the HTML5 stack and we feel it doesn’t get the love it deserves from developers: the geolocation API. Firefox has supported this API for a long Read more…

  7. HTML5 and CSS3: Exploring Mobile Possibilities – presentation at London Ajax Mobile Event

    • by • Conferences, CSS, Geolocation, HTML5, JavaScript, Mobile • 2 comments

    In the beginning of July, I was attending and giving a presentation at the London Ajax Mobile Event about possibilities offered by HTML5 and CSS3 when it comes to developing mobile web sites and applications. Short introduction of me Being my first post here at Read more…

  8. (r)evolution number 5

    • by • @font-face, CSS, Firefox, Geolocation, JavaScript, Standards • 8 comments

    We’ve just launched Firefox 3.5, and we’re incredibly proud. Naturally, we have engaged in plentiful Mozilla advocacy — this site is, amongst other things, a vehicle for showcasing the latest browser’s new capabilities. We like to think about this release as an upgrade for the Read more…

  9. geolocation with open street maps

    • by • 35 Days, Demo, Firefox, Geolocation • 33 comments

  10. geolocation in Firefox 3.5

    • by • 35 Days, Feature, Firefox, Geolocation, JavaScript • 29 comments

    This post is from Doug Turner, one of the engineers who is behind the Geolocation support in Firefox 3.5. Location is all around us. As of this writing, I am in a coffee shop in Toronto, Canada. If I type google into the url bar, Read more…