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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Hybrid location technologies: indoor/outdoor GPS/WiFi
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As continued from our previous report : Smart phones commonly support Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet, a feature encouraged by network ...
Monday, July 22, 2013
SIM card encryption exploit leaves mobile phone users vulnerable to hacking
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A SIM CARD EXPLOIT that could leave millions of mobile phones vulnerable to hacking has been uncovered by German security firm Security ...
Hybrid location technologies: indoor/outdoor A-GNSS
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Assisted GNSS systems rely on the visibility of GPS satellites (left). Together, GPS and GLONASS satellites could improve location effect...
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Government Tracking Movement of Vehicles using License Plate photos
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As reported by CBSDC : A rapidly growing network of police cameras is capturing, storing and sharing data on license plates, making it po...
Friday, July 19, 2013
In Kenya, Using GPS Tech to put an 'Invisible' Slum on the Map
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NPR Reports : "If you were to do a search for the Nairobi city slum of Mathare on Google Maps , you'd find little more than gra...
Don't want to be tracked in the Department store - turn off your Smartphone
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Reported by Yahoo! Shine : When you visit websites or when you click over to an online store, most of them will monitor where you are lo...
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Russia to Launch 2 Glonass Satellites After Proton Disaster
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Ria Novosti reports that Russia will launch two GLONASS navigation satellites later this year to make up for the loss of three satellite...
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