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Your Phone's GPS Knows More Than Your Location, IIT Delhi Research Warns
GPS guides us to places or helps us track our online orders. But the "fine-grained" data collected by it on Android smartphones can reveal far more than just the location, quietly exposing a person's activity and environment.
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Japan Launches Rocket Carrying Local Version of American GPS Satellite
Japan launched a rocket carrying a satellite with a local version of the US global positioning system or GPS today, which is expected to increase the precision of location information used in smartphones and car navigation system.
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India's Swadeshi GPS Develops A Problem, But Remains Functional
India's home-made navigational system, named NAVIC by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has developed a technical problem. One of the seven satellites in the Indian version of the American Global Positioning System or GPS is malfunctioning, as a result of which it's not visible. The seven satellites together provide strategic services, the last of them...
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Telecom Regulator Sticks to its Guns on GPS in All Handsets
Sector regulator TRAI today stood by its proposal of a sunset date for making GPS mandatory in all handsets, which can help find out exact location of the caller in an emergency.
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US Air Force Says GPS Glitch Even Older Than First Believed
Air Force Space Command last month first acknowledged the issue, which affects the way messages are transmitted by GPS IIF satellites.
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Earthquake Warning on Your Smartphone? There Could be an App for That
Countries looking for cheap earthquake warning systems might want to try apps and smartphones after scientists discovered that smartphones could be used as an affordable alternative to sophisticated earthquake monitoring networks.
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Andhra Pradesh fire service department to deploy GPS to increase efficiency
This initiative will not only allow the fire-fighters reach the location of fire mishaps quickly, but also provide them with guidance in the fire fighting operation.
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Coca-Cola accused of misusing GPS technology by Chinese authorities
Coca-Cola employees in the southwestern province of Yunnan were found improperly using handheld global positioning system devices.
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High-speed cameras to decide winners at Delhi Games
The upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) will witness a high-tech timekeeping system, which will separate glory from mere participation.
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Your Phone's GPS Knows More Than Your Location, IIT Delhi Research Warns
GPS guides us to places or helps us track our online orders. But the "fine-grained" data collected by it on Android smartphones can reveal far more than just the location, quietly exposing a person's activity and environment.
-
Japan Launches Rocket Carrying Local Version of American GPS Satellite
Japan launched a rocket carrying a satellite with a local version of the US global positioning system or GPS today, which is expected to increase the precision of location information used in smartphones and car navigation system.
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India's Swadeshi GPS Develops A Problem, But Remains Functional
India's home-made navigational system, named NAVIC by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has developed a technical problem. One of the seven satellites in the Indian version of the American Global Positioning System or GPS is malfunctioning, as a result of which it's not visible. The seven satellites together provide strategic services, the last of them...
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Telecom Regulator Sticks to its Guns on GPS in All Handsets
Sector regulator TRAI today stood by its proposal of a sunset date for making GPS mandatory in all handsets, which can help find out exact location of the caller in an emergency.
-
US Air Force Says GPS Glitch Even Older Than First Believed
Air Force Space Command last month first acknowledged the issue, which affects the way messages are transmitted by GPS IIF satellites.
-
Earthquake Warning on Your Smartphone? There Could be an App for That
Countries looking for cheap earthquake warning systems might want to try apps and smartphones after scientists discovered that smartphones could be used as an affordable alternative to sophisticated earthquake monitoring networks.
-
Andhra Pradesh fire service department to deploy GPS to increase efficiency
This initiative will not only allow the fire-fighters reach the location of fire mishaps quickly, but also provide them with guidance in the fire fighting operation.
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Coca-Cola accused of misusing GPS technology by Chinese authorities
Coca-Cola employees in the southwestern province of Yunnan were found improperly using handheld global positioning system devices.
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High-speed cameras to decide winners at Delhi Games
The upcoming Commonwealth Games (CWG) will witness a high-tech timekeeping system, which will separate glory from mere participation.
