GPS

A Location App That Cures Oversharing

April 20, 2010

An iPhone app called Glympse lets you selectively show people your position on a map and even lets them track your movement -- without oversharing.

LoJack for the Infirm

December 7, 2009

A new monitoring device can track a family member who wanders off.

App of the Week: Navigation as Heavy on Show as Go

November 17, 2009

Magellan's RoadMate navigation can find your destination with minimal typing and shows landmark buildings on its maps.

TomTom Adds Text-to-Speech to iPhone

November 12, 2009

A new upgrade to TomTom's iPhone GPS app attempts to bring its feature set up to its rivals'.

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American Flight Uses a Firm’s Satellite-Based Landing System

By CHRISTINE NEGRONI

Putting GPS technology in a car or a smartphone was a snap compared with putting it to use in the cockpit of an airplane.

Facebook Unveils Service to Announce Locations

By MIGUEL HELFT and JENNA WORTHAM; MIGUEL HELFT REPORTED FROM PALO ALTO, CALIF., and JENNA WORTHAM FROM NEW YORK.

The long-anticipated service, called Places, lets users “check in” and notify friends, and could help the company tap into small-business advertising.

Web Photo Geotags Can Reveal More Than You Wish

By KATE MURPHY

Security experts are trying to raise awareness about the potential dangers of geotags, bits of GPS data that identify where a photo or video was taken.

GADGETWISE; A Scavenger Hunt for Children, Led by GPS Gear

By WARREN BUCKLEITNER

If you're looking for an activity for your children or grandchildren, you might try geocaching, a treasure-hunting game played by using GPS devices to find hidden containers, or geocaches, outdoors and then sharing the experiences online. A typical geocache treasure is an inexpensive but intriguing object, like a tiny Rubik's cube, a postcard or a coin from a different country. Sometimes the caches contain a Travel Bug with a code that can be tracked, so you can see where it's been. Groundspeak...

Linking Customer Loyalty With Social Networking

By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD

Through smartphones and social applications, retailers can track consumers and entice them with discounts.

Your Phone Is Locked. Just Drive.

By DAVID POGUE

New cellphone apps take aim at drivers — young ones, especially — who text or make calls while behind the wheel.

Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not)

By JENNA WORTHAM

Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.

DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION; Lights, Sirens and a Dash Wired With Dangerous Distractions

By MATT RICHTEL

Article in series Driven to Distraction examining dangers of drivers using cellphones and other electronic devices, and efforts to deal with problem; police officers and paramedics drive some of most wired vehicles on road, with dashboard computers, sophisticated radios, navigation systems and cellphones; yet while such gadgets are widely seen as distractions to be avoided for most drivers, so-called first responders are required to use them while weaving through traffic, sometimes at high spee...

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