April 5, 2018 7:21 am
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GPS technology has evolved a great deal since the U.S. Department of Defence officially launched the program in 1973, and has as a result greatly expanded beyond its original purpose. Once meant only for military use, the system has grown to become an everyday tool in both personal and professional circles for anyone with a smartphone and any number of other devices. As systems improve, data becomes more accurate, and technology becomes increasingly accessible, its potential for abuse and previously unforeseen consequences grow. And one such concern has made itself more obvious than others in recent years: the better... View Article
March 29, 2018 7:46 pm
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You might be wondering what elephants and elephant conservation efforts have to do with GPS and things like asset, fleet, or even teen tracking, but the fact is that because of advances in technology and the accessibility of the internet, scientists and conservationists are finding new and exciting ways to utilize GPS to aid their research and combat illegal poaching of these amazing animals. Countries such as Gabon and Kenya have started using GPS collars to track their elephant populations and the Nonprofit organization, Elephants Without Borders, based out of Botswana, uses GPS collars and GPS-enabled cameras to track populations... View Article
March 15, 2018 9:59 pm
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Viral social media challenges have become especially popular among teens. Many of these trends are harmless, other than the potential embarrassment they cause in hindsight years down the road. The Ice Bucket Challenge actually ended up raising millions of dollars for ALS research. Others, such as the Mannequin Challenge or the Harlem Shake, were based in good fun. However, not all of these viral challenges are so innocent. Consider, for example, the “Tide Pod Challenge,” which began in December as a Twitter meme involving dares to eat the pods, and then a challenge that became popular on Twitter and Facebook,... View Article
March 8, 2018 9:58 pm
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If you somehow didn’t already know or suspect it, let’s just put this right out in the open—your cell phone provider is selling as much information about you as it can, including your vehicle location information. If you take a close look at your cell phone contract, you’ll likely find some language that says something like, “We do not sell your personal information.” This is in just about every Terms of Service provided to cellular customers, but this is a misleading statement. The company will not sell information determined by law to be “personal information,” such as phone numbers, addresses... View Article
March 1, 2018 9:58 pm
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Embark recently developed an autonomous trucking technology, and decided it would send the vehicle on a 2,000-mile cross-country trip to test its full capabilities. The journey would take the vehicle from Los Angeles, California to Jacksonville, Florida—about 2,400 miles in total. It would run the entire trip on its autopilot functionality. There were plenty of doubters, but the trip turned out to be a success, and another feather in the cap for a company that has been one of the leaders in developing autonomous driving solutions. It also provides further ammunition to people who argue the merits of autonomous driving... View Article
