Tag: gps
Researchers found a way to cripple GPS, device manufacturers facing a big challenge
Researchers recently found that there is an easy and cheap way to cripple the infrastructure of Global Positioning System. They built a spoofing device worth $2500 to broadcast a malicious GPS message attacking both consumer- and professional-grade receivers. The results were shocking. A 45-second crafted GPS message is said to cripple 30 percent of the [...]
Tips to Security and Privacy with Mobile Devices
Have you ever thought of security and privacy with mobile devices? Smartphones and tablet computers are now slowly erasing the desktop world. As a matter of fact, everyone with these mobile devices is doing their business tasks and personal stuffs just like a computer can do. But the growth of mobile devices means that they [...]
Google Applies For Patent For Landmark Identification Via Photo
Google has had an idea that seems almost like a no brainer the way technology has been moving these days. In a new Google patent filing they are seeking to patent a system that allows you to take a photo of something with your smartphone. Once the photo is snapped Google’s servers will analyze it [...]
MWC: Co-Pilot Free GPS Announced
ALK Technologies, the company behind CoPilot Live GPS navigation, has released a new free GPS app for Android, iPhone and iPad. CoPilot offers routing and mapping navigation on your smartphone. The app also has millions of points of interest preprogrammed into the app so that you can see what’s near you or look up destinations [...]
Lights Dimming On Light Squared
Around this time last year, nobody seemed to be able to stop Light Squared. The Reston VA based satellite company was going to roll out a 4G/LTE network come hell or high water. Well it looks like both have swooped down on Lightsquared in the last two weeks. LightSquared had signed a multi billion dollar [...]
Top Halloween App Trick Or Trackr Updated In Time For Halloween 2011
Released last year in time for Halloween, Trick Or Trackr is an app that allows parents to keep track of their children during Halloween night, and of course any other time of the year. This year, the release of Trick Or Trackr 2.0 adds some of Iconosys’ top safety apps into Trick or Trackr. Trick [...]
CTIA: Cadillac Unveils The Cadillac Cue Cockpit System!
Cadillac unveiled a fully integrated cockpit system that is far more than just infotainment. The Cadillac Cue (stands for Cadillac User Experience) system combines the sensor stack, dashboard and steering wheel controls into one fully customizable and integrated system. Cadillac Cue handles audio, entertainment, navigation, safety, dashboard controls and meters, as well as HVAC for [...]
Uh Oh Sprint: FCC Demands More LightSquared GPS Testing
A few months back Sprint and Lightsquared announced a $9 billion dollar network hosting deal where Sprint would use Lightsquared’s LTE network to deliver 4G/LTE to their customers, in the same manner in which they use Clearwire’s WiMax service for their current 4G. One of the caveats in the deal was that LightSquared needed to [...]
IFA 2011 News: Navigon Unveils Next Generation of Android Navigation Apps
Although all Android phones feature Google Maps and Navigation, there are some users out there that prefer third party navigation apps. Some of the third party navigation and mapping apps have more indepth features because these companies specialize in one thing, and that’s navigation. Navigon is one of those companies, a trusted name in navigation. [...]
OnMyWay: App Review
By Elijah K. Writer TDG Online Ok, you’re running late. We have all been there, and of course you’re flying down the road at record breaking speeds trying to get to your destination. It would be great if you could let people know that you’re late, and when you will be arriving without having to [...]
