At MacWorld this week Apple unveiled a new software update which lets the iPhone (and iPod touch to a lesser extent) ‘find’ itself. Since it has no GPS chip in it the only way that it can do this is by triangulating a postion based on signal strength from known WiFi hotspots and celluar radio towers.
I have noticed something odd about Google searching (well, either that or I’m being very thick here…).
Say you search for stick (random word), the top result at the time of writing is "www.stick.com - Stick Enterprises Inc. Manufacturer of two-handed fretboard tapping instruments.". OK, so what happens if you search for stick stick? I wouldn’t really expect the results to change but they do, now the top result is "Stick Cricket - The World’s Best Online Cricket Game!".