TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
South Australian police have recovered a stolen iPad after its owner used built-in tracking applications to pin-point the location of the device.
By AAP | 24 January, 2012 12:06
GPS could be the latest technology used to manage offenders who have been released into the public if a trial by Corrections Victoria is successful.
By Computerworld Staff | 11 March, 2011 11:55
In perhaps what was one of the unluckiest moves of his career as a petty thief, Horatio Toure stole an iPhone on Monday afternoon. The irony? The iPhone Toure stole was being used to demonstrate a program that tracks GPS location in real-time--it took the police all of ten minutes to pin down his exact location and arrest him.
By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal | 23 July, 2010 23:10
The Alzheimer's Association has unveiled a new Web-based application that works with various mobile devices to track people suffering from dementia who may wander off at some point during their illness.
By Lucas Mearian | 30 October, 2009 13:22
We've been down this road before: A trusting soul gets bum directions from a GPS navigation system, winds up in the middle of nowhere, and may or may not survive the ordeal.
By Jeff Bertolucci | 30 December, 2009 11:47
The story of a Nevada couple, who followed their GPS unit's directions and ended up stuck in snow for three days, reminds us that we, not the GPS, are responsible for where we drive. But, there are still things GPS makers could and should do that might help.
By David Coursey | 31 December, 2009 09:12
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