Skyhook Wireless powers location-aware Internet

14 May 2008

A series of new partners, representing a broad range of content and services, are leveraging Skyhook's Loki Javascript API in order to deliver hyper-local content and services.

Companies such as Whrrl, Geocaching.com, Krillion, Yahoo! Fire Eagle, UpNext and CitySquares profit from Loki's geo-targeting capabilities; the partnership makes location-based services also available to laptop and desktop Internet users.

• Social Discovery - Whrrl - a new social discovery service from Pelago delivers real-time updates, reviews and locations of people, places and events in the physical world through both Internet and mobile platform.
• Location Based Gaming - Geocaching.com - Geocaching.com delivers location-specific geocaching search results without the user needing to submit his own location.
• Local Search - Krillion - provides online shoppers with real-time, location-specific product availability information from major retailers in the US.
• Location Sharing - Yahoo! Fire Eagle - Fire Eagle is a secure way for users to share their location with sites and services online.
• Local Content - CitySquares & UpNext - CitySquares provides rich, hyper-local content for urban and suburban communities, offeging information on more than 65,000 local businesses. UpNext enables users to explore and discover cities in 3D.