Food trucks are something of a staple in New York City. Just a few miles across the river, food trucks have been popping up in Hoboken, New Jersey too. This past summer, Hoboken residents benefited from a bevvy of great food trucks, and food truck owners benefited from tidy profits. While food trucks will be
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Since the shortest day of the year has officially passed, you can expect to see sunnier days ahead. As the summertime draws closer, the days will become longer (maybe you’ve noticed this already!). If you, like most people, don’t enjoy being surrounded by darkness throughout the wintertime, news that the sunshine will be staying longer
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You probably already know that the iPhone comes equipped with a handy GPS tracking device (once activated). But, did you know that iPhone owners aren’t the only ones who reap the benefit of this tracking device? Police are now discovering that a simply iPhone can help catch robbers of all kinds. Case in point: Montgomery
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A turkey farm, Bernard Matthews, LTD., is being accused of unlawful tracking. The farm’s owners allegedly hired a private detective to place a GPS tracker on Wendy Valentine’s vehicle. Why Valentine? She lead an campaign against the turkey farm not too long ago — as Valentine discovered, Bernard Matthews Farm was abusing turkeys. Valentine runs
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The 750 acre mountain isn’t the first ski slope to offer GPS tracking to clients, but Apache Mountain is the first in the area to offer such a service. If you happen to live near Ski Apache, you can opt in for the ski slope tracking for just $12 per day. More importantly, you can
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It’s been a tough year for Research In Motion (RIM). Even though RIM saw a lot of success when the first BlackBerry was introduced, the Canadian-based smartphone developer hasn’t had any luck with the company’s tablet (the PlayBook). PlayBook sales have been dismal (to say the least), and RIM has lost around $485 million thanks
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An article on a Dallas, Texas, news site (KDAF-TV) puts an interesting spin on GPS tracking technology. Right now, the Supreme Court is trying to decide whether or not warrantless GPS tracking is illegal. Yet (as the article points out), Americans allow themselves to be tracked regularly without much concern at all. You may even
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This morning, I read something disturbing in December’s issue of National Geographic. One-hundred years ago, 100,000 tigers could be found in Asia. Today, there are approximately 4,000 tigers left. Asiatic tigers (tigers that separated from African packs) are poached for their skin, bones, teeth, eyes, and other parts. Who buys tiger parts? Most poachers kill
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African lions are in danger. The African lion population was once around 100,000. Today, that number has dwindled to around 30,000. Poachers are mainly responsible for the murder of lions throughout Africa. In order to try and track the location of lions (and, in return, find out where poachers are mostly likely to roam), researchers
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It is not uncommon for a young wolf to travel many miles in order to find a mate. Usually, wolves find the perfect mate within a few days, but not a two-year old wolf named OR-7 — more on changing this bad name below. This lone wolf has already trekked more than 730 miles in
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