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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iQapps, creators of the award-winning Trip Journal app, has released version 7.1 which updates the app for iOS 5 and announced that the app will now be offered free for users of Android, Facebook, Bada, iPhone, and Symbian. The app was created to allow users to record all aspects of their trip, document important happenings
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GPS tracking has long been used for the purpose of tracking cargo shipments. By giving shippers the ability to monitor a cargo location at any point in its journey, tracking technology can save money, prevent theft and smuggling, and ensure timely delivery of cartons around the world. But despite their stellar track record, the devices
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GPS tracking is incredibly powerful and versatile technology. Hundreds of stolen vehicles, laptops, smart phones and even pets have been recovered with the help of GPS tracking. People hopelessly lost in snow-covered forests have been located and rescued by tracking the GPS chip in the victim’s cell phone. As useful and wonderful as this technology
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GPS tracking has been used for many years to track animals in the wild. The technology has been particularly useful in helping researchers better understand the migration, feeding and mating habits of wildlife. Now, with the help of technology giant IBM, China hopes to use GPS tracking to improve their pork industry. Instead of tracking
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Educational Passages, a program based in Maine, takes researching the ocean to a whole new level. Since its creation, over a dozen tiny sailboats have been released in the Atlantic Ocean in order to study the currents and winds, with boats being recovered in faraway places such as Portugal and Ireland. The progam was the
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Carrier IQ is a company that allows wireless carriers, such as AT&T and Sprint Nextel, to monitor how their networks are being used and also track performance. Recently, concerns have been expressed that the company is violating the privacy of mobile phone users. The source of the concerns seem to stem from a patent filed
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Keeping track of employees on the road can be a difficult task. Hopefully, you’ve hired employees that you can trust to be where you need them, when you need them there. Unfortunately, people tend to do the bare minimum, particularly when they think they can get away with it. Issue tracking software helps you automate
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Road maintenance seems to be a problem all over the world. In Mumbai, Kamal Nath and other officials have developed an app to enlist the public’s help. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) teamed with a private developing firm, called Probity Soft, to create a web and mobile application that would allow citizens to report potholes
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Would you recognize a parolee walking down the street? Would you know to look for the tell-tale monitoring bracelet worn on the ankle? Most of us wouldn’t, and if we did think about it, most of us would not realize how few parolees are actually ordered to wear one. For some time now, law enforcement
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