Category Archives: GPS Apps

Best Way to Track People with Dementia or Other Conditions

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Do you know someone who has a loved one who has dementia or some other condition, like diabetes or autism, where they might get confused, wander off and get lost? This can be a very scary time for people and … Continue reading →

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YOU’RE ALL FROGS

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Of course it doesn’t actually apply to you because you read my blog and you know how tirelessly I have worked to encourage people to make smarter decisions about their travel, especially their commute. So don’t think of this as … Continue reading →

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Thousands of People in England and Wales to be GPS Tagged

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I just read this BBC story where after a 17 months pilot, the MoJ is going to put tags on thousands of criminals, mostly in preference to community sentences which are obviously expensive to manage. In the past they used … Continue reading →

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What is the best GPS Tracking for Dementia Sufferers? – Two Types

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

Do you know someone who has dementia? Have they ever gone walkabout? Did you have to search for them? I’ve been there and we were lucky, we found her before she got run over by a car or had a … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Countdown on their new Proximity Based Marketing App

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

For a number of years I’ve been prodding retailers to take advantage of location services on people’s smartphones with several blogs including some looking at the grocery industry. I was disappointed when they dropped their old app, but delighted to … Continue reading →

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5 Ideas Thanks to Uber Data Science

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

In an article in Verge, they identified that Uber has discovered you are more likely to pay surge pricing if the battery on your mobile is low. Surge pricing is where they put the price up when they are low … Continue reading →

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South African App Allows Public to Share GPS Location With Police

Posted on May 14, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

I found this story in Business Day Live. This is interesting because it follow hard on the heels of a story I wrote just a couple of weeks ago. The concept of ringing Police is relevant but outdated (not redundant) … Continue reading →

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Milford company’s GPS app charts the scenic route

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

new nav MILFORD >> Most navigation Apps are designed to get people to their destination as quickly as possible, but now there’s a new app designed by two men from Milford that takes walkers and drivers via the slower, scenic … Continue reading →

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Pizza Hut turns to algorithms and GPS tracking to increase sales

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Yup, it’s the ‘Uber-ization’ of pizza, as Pizza Hut joins the wave of chain restaurants embracing tech. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.pcworld.com I had an idea many years ago which I called Pizza on the Beach. The idea was that … Continue reading →

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Traffic Lite Social GPS & Maps – Applications Android sur Google Play

Posted on February 22, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Obtenez des rapports de circulation en temps réel sur les routes populaires près de chez vous. Cartes GPS sociaux Routes Sourced through Scoop.it from: play.google.com I clicked on the link, read the blurb, which is in English by the way:) … Continue reading →

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