tracking
GPS
Stick This Thing On Your Kid And You Won’t Lose Them
12:40AM Mark Wilson | The Insignia Little Buddy is a $US100 child-tracking GPS system. You simply duct tape the Little Buddy to your kid, and you’ll never lose the little bugger again (involuntarily). More »
Random Stuff
NYPD May Track Your Phone If You’re Arrested For…Any Reason
1:40PM Rosa Golijan | The folks at the NYPD are so sweet! No matter what you’re arrested for, they’re nice enough to remove your mobile phone’s battery “to avoid leakage” and jot down your IMEI number. They’ll even add it to a database. More »
Software
Time Is Relatively Easy To Track Using These Five Tools
5:30AM Jack Loftus | More goodness from Lifehacker. Today’s instalment is a list of the best time-tracking applications available today. [Lifehacker]
Phones
Find My iPhone Leads Cops To Robbery Suspects
5:00PM Danny Allen | Find My iPhone to the rescue again! Pittsburgh Police nabbed three robbery suspects over the weekend, after the man they allegedly robbed used the MobileMe online service to point police to their location. More »
Computers
GadgetTrak Security System Nabs iMac Thief With Startling Precision
11:40AM Dan Nosowitz | GadgetTrak, an anti-theft tracking system, claimed its first victory, and we’re pretty impressed. An iMac was stolen two weeks ago, and the thief wasn’t clever enough to reformat. Big mistake: GadgetTrak managed to find his location and took his photo. More »
Phones
Find My IPhone And A Posse Recovers Stolen IPhone
6:20AM Jason Chen | The Find My iPhone feature? It works, as evidenced by Kevin and his two friends, who went an adventure that involved Lego, a dive bar and some fast urban walking. Read on to see how everything played out. – JC More »
Software
3D Eyetracking Mobile Phone Interface Is, Like, Deep, Man
10:14PM John Herrman | The Astonishing Tribe has posted another eye-candy mobile phone UI demo for the world to ogle at. Unlike their last endeavour, though, this one might have a future on our phones. At least, I hope so. More »
GPS
DHL Putting Serious GPS Tracking Systems On Packages
11:20AM Wilson Rothman | DHL is apparently outfitting cargo containers with sensors to monitor GPS location, temperature, humidity, impact, vibration and light exposure. Cool, but with frills like this, it’s no wonder their US operation went busto. [BBG] More »
Gadgets
Guy Gets Tracking Bracelet Attached to His Fake Leg by World’s Dumbest Cop
9:40AM Adam Frucci | A man who had a tracking bracelet attached to his ankle after getting busted for marijuana possession outwitted the cops in one simple way: he had a fake leg. Oh, cops. More »
Phones
