March 19, 2010
There are oodles and oodles of free GPS apps floating around in the iTunes mega-store. Which ones are great? Which ones are crap? I must admit; I am a GPS addict. As an avid geocacher, I rely on a Garmin Nuvi, a Garmin eTrex H, an iPhone, and a compass to locate tupperware in the [...]
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March 16, 2010
Free GPS apps are a dime a dozen in the iPhone app store, but, surprisingly, there aren’t a lot of free iPhone compass apps out there. Perhaps people don’t use compasses any more, as orienteering is made easy with GPS capabilities, but it is still useful to have a compass if you are walking around [...]
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March 15, 2010
Over the summer, I picked up a new hobby: geocaching. As we’ve talked about before, geocaching is an awesome hobby that combines techie goodness with the great outdoors. But, what if you don’t have time to hunt through the thickets to get that prized little smiley for the log? What if you have just five [...]
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February 11, 2010
One of the most amazing things about being involved in the Internet since its inception is watching its evolution throughout the decades. From the early days of sending electronic notes to the ability to send instant messages to allowing people to communicate with large groups of people like never before, the Internet continues to transform [...]
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January 25, 2010
It’s one of the most sought after mobile phone applications of them all – the ability to silently track the location and condition of a mobile phone. Many people would like to track a phone that doesn’t have GPS, using just cellphone tower triangulation. This is possible when you install apps like Latitude on the [...]
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January 8, 2010
I recently took a trip to the Rocky Mountains in Montana to do some skiing. While I was out there, I started thinking how great it would be if I could use my Motorola Droid (which runs on Android and has a built-in GPS) to track my adventures through the mountains. After doing a little [...]
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December 30, 2009
According to an article on the AARP website, a simple daily exercise of walking “can reduce the risk of many diseases “” from heart attack and stroke to hip fracture and glaucoma.” As someone who sits at his computer throughout the day, I can often feel the fatigue of not getting enough exercise. When I [...]
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December 8, 2009
Imagine the following scenario – you’re travelling around the world and you arrive at a deserted railway station in the dead of night. There’s nobody around to ask for help and it’s about to rain. You urgently need a place to stay for the night but the tourist information office has closed until the next [...]
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October 12, 2009
I have a very valuable cell phone with me and so I try to take the best care of it possible. It goes with me just about everywhere I go, and occasionally, I’ll happen to misplace it and lose my mind trying to find it. But, MobiWee, a new all-in-one cell phone remote management tool [...]
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August 8, 2009
Have you ever wondered how satellites can track mobile phones? It seems like they’re so far away, yet they can be accurate within about 15 meters. Just how is that done? The key to tracking any signal, whether it be cellular or radiowave signals, is something called trilateration. In order for trilateration to be used [...]
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May 2, 2009
The one drawback of being so heavily into both the latest technologies and cool Internet applications is that when the two seamlessly combine to form the ultimate, ultra-useful application with unlimited potential – it causes you to break into a cold sweat from just the excitement alone. Once I realized that someone can trace a [...]
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April 3, 2009
This year I’ll make a four week trip across the North American continent. I’m prepared to taking hundreds of photos, keeping a small tour diary and I will record my route with a GPS data logger. To instantly share my whereabouts, detours, experiences and some photos with family and friends, I was looking for a [...]
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December 28, 2008
Many people who purchase a PDA or cell phone loaded with the Mobile Windows operating system often opt for phone features other than GPS functionality. When I bought my Cingular Smartphone a couple of years ago, I thought a 1.3 megapixel camera would be the coolest thing. However, I never found any opportunity when I [...]
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November 17, 2008
There are a ton of social networks and microblogs out there. As is the case with most of them, they’re not really worth your time unless you find some way that they can directly benefit YOU. Personally, I was not a huge fan of BrightKite until just recently, when they released their dedicated iPhone Application. [...]
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February 9, 2008
A popular proverb states you don’t get anything for nothing in this world. This wise statement certainly holds true for the websites below. They are free in that you don’t have to pay money to take advantage of the service they offer. However, what they will cost you is some time and dedication. (1) Couch [...]
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