Tag Archives: GPS

You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … 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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Anti-Abortion Groups Track Women Via Their Mobile Phones

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

When I first read this story in Salon I thought that it might be a hoax, then it turned up in other locations such as this Fortune story. Checking our the CEO of Copley Advertising on LinkedIn, he certainly has … Continue reading →

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All Indian Cell Phones To Have Panic Buttons From January 1

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Come January 1, 2017. Every mobile phone in India will be fitted with a panic button that can be used by women in danger, Minister for Child and Women Development Maneka Gandhi said on Friday. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.ndtv.com … Continue reading →

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What’s the best nav app in 2016 and New “Uber tab” added to Google Maps

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Google adds ride-sharing tab to maps to enable more options, faster time to destination. Sourced through Scoop.it from: searchengineland.com When it comes to maps for travelers, Google is making a huge effort to provide lots of options and when it … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurs realised three words can pinpoint ANYWHERE on the planet

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Chris Sheldrick, pictured, and Jack Waley-Cohen’s London-based company, what3words, is used to help map parts of the world which are not covered by precise street addresses. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk Apparently my office is at Happy.Slip.Poster although I’m not … Continue reading →

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Creepy hidden map inside your iPhone that records everywhere you go

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Frequent locations is a feature of iPhone operating systems from iOS 7 upwards, and is automatically turned on for most users, who are never informed that it is watching their every move. Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.dailymail.co.uk Sinister or just … Continue reading →

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LA city and county swap traffic info for Waze drivers’ data – 89.3 KPCC

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Thousands of Waze app users’ data is being given free to Los Angeles city and county traffic managers in exchange for road condition info. How will they use it? Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.scpr.org Los Angeles is now the 10th … Continue reading →

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NLRB Says Employer Can Use GPS Device to Track Employees – The National Law Review

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

Earlier this year, a woman sued her former employer for invasion of privacy and retaliation, claiming that she was fired after refusing to use a GPS tracking app that her employer required to be run Sourced through Scoop.it from: http://www.natlawreview.com … Continue reading →

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GPS SmartSole Launches in Germany for Alzheimer’s Monitoring – GPS World magazine

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Luigi Cappel

GTX Corp, an IoT platform in the personal location GPS wearable and wandering-assistive-technology business, has completed another successful SmartSole pilot Sourced through Scoop.it from: gpsworld.com If they have solved the problems I identified in previous research then this is a … Continue reading →

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