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Many of the Top 100,000 Android Applications are Teaming Up to Steal Your Location Data
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Many of the Top 100,000 Android Applications are Teaming Up to Steal Your Location Data

April 12, 2017
Personal information about you and your smartphone is valuable to certain companies. Big Data, as it is so frequently called, can be anything from application usage patterns, location data, websites visited and many things in between. Google has been aware that developers of software such as Flashlight applications in the Play Store were taking your...
How to Save your Parking Spot with Tasker
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How to Save your Parking Spot with Tasker

January 8, 2017
If you are enrolled in and regularly make use of Google Now, you might have seen the ‘where I parked my car’ card. This additional card is displayed whenever Google thinks you have stopped driving and left your vehicle. I don’t drive on a regular basis, rather I cycle everywhere and I find it very flattering...
Europe’s Galileo Satellite Navigation System Goes Live Today
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Europe’s Galileo Satellite Navigation System Goes Live Today

December 15, 2016
17 years ago, Europe committed to funding their own satellite navigation system. This new satellite system would be replacing both the U.S.-ran GPS and Russia-operated GLONASS that people throughout Europe have been using. Named Galileo, the new cluster of navigation satellites are promising to be both faster and more accurate than the older U.S. and Russian operated satellites. The project...