Wired - A Mac running Apple's next operating system will inherit pseudo-GPS powers, software developers say.
Mac OS X Snow Leopard will utilize a Mac's networking hardware to triangulate an approximate latitude and longitude of the computer, according to developers tinkering with pre-release builds of the OS.
The OS contains a framework called CoreLocation — the same one used in the original iPhone to estimate a device's location with triangulation.
News of a location-based feature in OS X comes at good timing, as geo-aware social services are becoming increasingly popular. For example, the iPhone application Loopt allows users to share their locations on a map. Google also recently launched a map-sharing feature on Google Maps called Latitude.
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