GTX: GPS Shoe to Help Caretakers Monitor Alzheimer’s Patients TAGS: Alzheimer’s disease | caretakers | tracking shoes Email GTX, a California-based company, has developed a shoe with GPS tracking built-in. There are many possibilities for the use of a shoe with GPS tracking equipped, but GTX has one …Continue reading →

HTC and AccuWeather App: Sued for Privacy Invasion TAGS: app gps | HTC | Smartphone Tracking Email It seems as though every day there is a new privacy-related scandal in the media. One of the latest in a string of GPS tracking controversies, has fallen in the …Continue reading →

News Flash: Your Government is Spying on You TAGS: government | government tracking | gps spying Email There are many ways that advances in technology such as smart phones, GPS tracking and the internet have vastly improved modern society. However, a decade or so into the technological …Continue reading →

RunKeeper Includes New and Improved Features TAGS: apps | RunKeeper | smartphones Email RunKeeper, by FitnessKeeper, Inc., is already one of the most popular free running apps available for people wanting to track their running progress. The developers at RunKeeper recently released an …Continue reading →

A Fight For Warrantless GPS Tracking TAGS: gps warrants | tracking criminals | warrantless tracking Email US v. Jones began November 8th, and this is a case that will decide the fate of warrantless GPS tracking.  The case originated in Washington DC, and involved a drug …Continue reading →

Florida Dealership Tracks Car Buyers and Forces Life Insurance Purchase TAGS: florida car dealership | used car tracking Email A used car dealership in Florida may have crossed the line by tracking customers who have bought vehicles from them. In Jacksonville, Florida, the anger of a number of dissatisfied …Continue reading →

Warrantless Tracking: An Opposing Stance TAGS: GPS Tracking | supreme court gps | warrantless tracking Email November 7th marks a historic moment in the GPS tracking device world.  The US Supreme court is set to begin proceedings to determine whether or not law enforcement or a …Continue reading →

Panoramic View of Earth Taken by Weather Balloon TAGS: balloon photos | earth | gps earth photos Email Josh Taylor, an amateur engineer, recently constructed a weather balloon and used it to capture 2,800 photographs of the Earth. This project started 10 months ago. Taylor, who is a …Continue reading →

Argentine Jaguars Struggle to Survive TAGS: jaguars | lincoln park zoo | wild animals Email Jaguars in northern Argentina are becoming rarer and rarer. Argentine scientists believe that only about 50 of these large cats live around the Iguazu waterfalls, which border Paraguay and Brazil. …Continue reading →

Geofencing: Homeland Security or Unauthorized Spying? TAGS: geofencing | government | white list Email From the September 11 attacks to the present, the American “war on terror” has been a decade of heightened fear, danger, and security measures. One debate has raged all through …Continue reading →