Free Google Wi-Fi - Hotbed for Location Based Services?

Google has their hometown blanketed with Wi-Fi for anyone to use for free, including rival Microsoft, whose cross-town facility employs around 1,000 people. As things develop in Mountain View, look for some interesting location based services to develop. So, while this might not be GPS based, the jump from Wi-Fi equipped laptop/PDA to GPS equipped mobile phone won’t be far behind if the location based service is compelling enough. We’ll keep our eyes open for developments.

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