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Conspiracy Theory: Why, Really, Did Nevada Remove Geocaches?

RACHEL, Nev. -- This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do at nearby Area 51. But lately there's been another mystery among locals: Why did the Nevada Department of Transportation...

New 4G Network Could Cripple GPS Navigation [VIDEO]

Scientists: A Solar Storm Could Have the Power of Katrina

Worsening solar storms could shut down telecommunications, ground airline service and even lead to global blackouts, scientists and government officials warned in Washington, D.C. People need to be aware of the dire consequences a massive solar storm could have on the global infrastructure, Helena Lindberg of the Swedish...

Saudi Arabia Detains Suspected Israeli Spy -- a Bird

Saudi Arabia has detained a suspect accused of being a stealthy secret agent invading the kingdom on a spy mission from Israel. But interrogation could prove fruitless. The suspect is a bird. Earlier this week, Saudis in the rural town of Hyaal became suspicious when they saw a giant griffon vulture, with a wingspan of...

Google Latitude: Should We Be Happy About an App That Tracks Your iPhone?

(Dec. 14) -- Geo-positioning applications for smart phones are all the rage these days, but Google is taking this technology to a new level with Google Latitude for the iPhone, which lets users share and track each other's locations in real time. Foursquare, Gowalla and similar social-networking applications work by...

GPS News From AOL

MOBILECRUNCH

Kayak Teams Up With Skyhook To Bring Reliable Location Services To Its Kindle Fire App

Amazon's Kindle Fire is currently the most popular Android-powered tablet, but it doesn't feature a GPS chip.

AOL AUTOS

Out With Maps, In With Apps

What used to cost thousands of dollars for car buyers will now cost less than some people's weekly frappuccino addiction at Starbucks.

ENGADGET

Newcastle University preps in-car GPS for the elderly, helps grandmum get home safely

Most Engadget readers will have grown up with GPS , but the UK's Newcastle University has realized that many in the older generation might be first-timers and unfamiliar with all those keep-lefts and turn-rights.

AUTOBLOG

Report: UK gov't backs GPS system designed for elderly

What do you call a navigation system designed specifically for the elderly?

ENGADGET

NASA READIs early detection GPS network, aids first responders with earthquake warnings

After tacking space shuttle Discovery onto the back of a 747 , the brainy gang over at NASA 's READI for a new challenge -- earthquake detection.

GPS News From the Web

05/29/12 Econz Wireless Releases Timecard GPS Lite Source: TMCnet Econz Wireless released a new product called Timecard GPS Lite. In a release, the Company noted that Timecard GPS Lite is a mobile GPS tracking application used to track employees and assets.
05/28/12 MIT professor gives prehistoric car-navigation system... Source: SiliconValley.com Jon Landes' boxy white Toyota Camry is a mobile museum of sorts, equipped with one of the earliest car-navigation systems developed.
05/25/12 Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon Source: ZDNet.co.uk Chip designer Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR) has said it is talking to all the major mobile vendors about integrating indoor location technology into their smartphones.
05/25/12 Google Maps Navigation 6.7.0 (Beta) Source: PC Magazine (Ziff Davis) Back in 2009, Google changed the mobile nav landscape with the original Google Maps Navigation , the first entirely free app that delivered voice-enabled, turn-by-turn directions on Android phones.
05/24/12 Kayak Teams Up With Skyhook To Bring Reliable Location... Source: MobileCrunch Amazon's Kindle Fire is currently the most popular Android-powered tablet, but it doesn't feature a GPS chip.

Background on GPS

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based satellite navigation system that provides location and time information in all weather, anywhere on or near the Earth, where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites.

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