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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In September 2006, after Facebook had nearly 10 million members, the News Feed was announced, which the team had been working on for almost a year. Nearly 10% of Facebook’s membership protested by joining other groups demanding that Facebook shut down the News Feed. Photos by Shutterstock. Like this post?

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Pure App Review

SocialFish

On your first login, Pure will request access to your data as well as your GPS location. Since Pure only allow connections with users nearby, the platform relies heavily on GPS data to function correctly. Pure uses your GPS information to ensure it only serves up potential matches that are closest to you.

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10 Tips For Taking A Vacation From Social Media

SocMed Sean

Believe me, it’s difficult to resist the temptation to check your Facebook feed, especially when you have your phone out to search Google Maps for the closest coffee shop. We use them for online boarding passes, restaurant locators, maps/directions to popular tourist destinations, and leveraging the phone for GPS.

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10 Surprising Car Features that Will Save Your Life

The Realtime Report

An introductory message is played to the operator and after this hands-free communication is initiated, emergency services can then use the cellular network to track your vehicle’s GPS position. Lawrence Allan: “Hyundai and Kia’s camera feed blind spot monitoring is brilliant. The ‘Golden Hour’ is crucial to emergency services.

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Facebook Eavesdropping Patent and Congress Questions

Laurel Papworth

My live feed of the Congress hearings cut out right near the end, but did anyone ask these questions? For example, if a user’s GPS indicates he is in a movie theatre, the device may automatically turn off its ringer. Imma gonna go with “yes” “For example, GPS devices often do not function indoors.

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How Augmented Reality Could Change User-Generated Content

Pixlee

Location-based AR consolidates data from a device’s GPS, digital compass, and accelerometer to provide ‘smart’ information about the user’s surroundings. Allowing users to play with an AR mascot and create a curated feed of their experiences. . Android’s Google Lens is a good example of marker-based AR in practice.

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How to Leverage a Community of Passionate Fans

Convince & Convert

The RSS feed is: [link]. Many casual users of Garmin may only know them as a GPS company, but the truth is that Garmin has been around much longer than the portable GPS has been available, working on equipment for aviation, marine, outdoor recreation, and fitness industries. We couldn’t do it without them! Listen Now .