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I Cheat at Foursquare

, Mar 25th 2012 Discuss [13]

My name is Philip Berne, and I cheat at Foursquare. I’m unrepentant and I have no remorse for my behavior. I will not stop, even now that my secret is out. What are you going to do about it?

I check into places I have not been. Sometimes, those places are far away from where I’m sitting. Before I ever visited Good 2 Go Taco, I checked in there on Foursquare. I was more than 10 miles away at the time. I did it to needle my boss, who was mayor of the joint at the time. I was threatening to steal all of his mayorships from him, and I knew that Good 2 Go was his most prized mayoral possession.

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Ban moving maps to protect idiots says NHTSA

, Mar 23rd 2012 Discuss [8]

You really can't fix stupid. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration has announced new voluntary distracted driving guidelines for automakers and others. The new recommendations call for the elimination of moving maps inside a vehicle. Apparently, some idiots behind the wheel are simply too stupid to have a moving map and drive at the same time without staring at the map instead of the road. Read The Full Story

Broadcom’s new GPS chip offers 10X performance, half the power consumption

, Mar 21st 2012 Discuss [1]

Broadcom today announced a new GPS chip for smartphones that promises to deliver 10 times the performance for faster, more accurate position computation, while reducing power consumption by 50 percent. And being built on a 40nm process, the chip is 44 percent smaller making it perfect for new smartphones that are increasingly tight on space. Read The Full Story

Nokia Transport Beta: Get it here

, Mar 20th 2012 Discuss [5]

Nokia’s Transport Beta was one of the many announcements the company had back at Mobile World Congress, a free app for Lumia owners that delivers local public transportation directions. It’s arrived in the Windows Phone Marketplace today, though not publicly, but we’ve been tipped off to the download link which you can find – along with our first-impressions – after the cut.

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GPS leads tourists into Australian bay

, Mar 16th 2012 Discuss [17]

Three Japanese tourists are leaving Australia without the vacation they wanted and $1500 poorer than they expected, and sticking a rental car company with the arduous task of retrieving a vehicle from a muddy Australian bay. The culprit? A GPS system that apparently didn't have very accurate maps. It's a very valuable lesson in the over-reliance on technology. Read The Full Story

Chicago’s $171K airport GPS system was a waste of money

, Mar 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Chicago's Inspector General Joe Ferguson has concluded that a massive GPS technology contract that was supposed to make airport operations smoother and less prone to mistakes has essentially been a huge waste of money. Even though the infrastructure was sophisticated and capable of doing its job, the Inspector General said, people didn't bother to use it. Read The Full Story

Google applied for landmark camera patent

, Mar 7th 2012 Discuss [1]

Companies file patents all the time that never find their way into final products, and sometimes they’re never even granted, so take this one with a pinch or two of salt. Google filed a patent back in January 2008 for an idea that could make its way into future Android phones. The patent is still awaiting approval by the US Patent Office. Read The Full Story

Lego Space Shuttle boldly goes where NASA can’t

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [2]

We’ve sent monkeys, humans, and even phones into space, so why not a space shuttle made out of Lego? That was what Raul Oiada and Steve Sammartino set out to do on December 31st 2011. They successfully launched a Lego space shuttle with a budget of around $1,000. Read The Full Story

Parks Canada to track grizzly bears with GPS

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [2]

If Yogi and BooBoo were to relocate from Jellystone to Banff or Yoho National Park in Canada, the ranger would be able to see exactly where ther picnic-pilfering adventures took them. In the real world, the parks department in Canada has announced it plans to tag grizzly bears with GPS collars. The organization has cited safety concerns. Read The Full Story

Sony Handycam GW55VE staves off water and obsolescence

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Sony has outed a new digital camcorder, the Handycam GW55VE, offering waterproofing for up to 5m submersion along with Full HD video recording for those not entirely wedded to their 1080p-capable smartphones. The GW55VE pairs a 20.4-megapixel capable Exmor R sensor with optical image stabilization and a 10x optical zoom, plus a 3-inch touchscreen and integrated GPS for geotagging your photos and video. Read The Full Story

Canon EOS 5D Mark III accessories: Wireless Speedlite & GPS

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

It's not just the new EOS 5D Mark III that Canon has today, the photography company has also outed a range of new accessories for the DSLR including the first wireless-enabled pro Speedlite. The Sppedlite Transmitter 600EX-RT uses Canon's new radio-based wireless flash tech, and can control up to five flash groups from up to 30m away. Meanwhile, there's a new battery grip for the Mark III, a WiFi file transmitter, GPS puck and more. Read The Full Story

Ford figures fleets of autopilot cars coming in next decade

, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Bill Ford Jr, head of Ford Motor Company, thinks over the next decade, there'll be fleets of autopilot cars cruising the highways around the world. That would be no surprise considering the work going into making autonomous vehicles already. Google is already operating autonomous cars that use GPS and a host of sensors to navigate freely from point to point with no human interaction. Read The Full Story
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