Goodbye Google Latitude

Goodbye Google Latitude

Alongside today’s Google Maps for Android news, the company has confirmed that Latitude, its location-sharing service, will be closing from Aug. 9.

The shutdown affects Latitude in its entirety — on the web, Android, iOs, through badges and the Latitude API.

Closure affects Latitude on Android, iOS, the web and Latitude API

Google’s location-sharing focus is being shifted across to Google+, which already supports check-ins and social sharing of location data. For me I’m gutted I use Latitude a hell of a lot. Am I the only one?

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