Archive for May, 2010

Keeping track of seniors with Alzheimer’s

May 30th, 2010 by admin


Rosemary McClure, Special to the Los Angeles Times May 29, 2010 PLEASE HELP What complicates search and rescue for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease is that, unlike a lost child, many will not respond to calls to them, nor will they call out for help,” says educator Andrew Carle. “They often also become quickly frightened and [...]

Facebook Mobile: with more than 100 million monthly users issues SDK for Android

May 28th, 2010 by admin


While the iPhone maybe the device of choice for hundreds of thousands of Facebook friends, soaring sales volumes for the Android has prompted Facebook to released its Google Android software development kit. Google Android phones have access to 50,000 software applications. Among those applications is the highly successful suite of apps from LOCiMOBILE; GPS Tracking. [...]

The Foursquare, Gowalla, Booyah MyTown check-in game maybe changing if you let your browser do the talking

May 25th, 2010 by admin


Yahoo! today announced the acquisition of Koprol – social and mobile location-based community developer of check-in services like Foursquare and Gowalla, but forgoes the application download model in favor of a mobile browser-based approach that extends the service to a larger percentage of subscribers – A truly significant difference as only a small percentage of [...]

Best GPS Tracking Apps available for the iPad

May 24th, 2010 by admin


Apple sold 1 million iPads in less than a month. By way of comparison, it took twice as long for the iPhone to reach the same milestone. Bigger is obviously better. Anyone asking the “Where is?” question can get the answer on their iPad when they download the free or paid upgraded version of LOCiMOBILE’s [...]

Is the iPhone destined to be distant memory with the Android talking like the up close future of smartphones?

May 21st, 2010 by admin


Google’s Android smartphones outsold the iPhone in the first quarter of 2010. The shift was attributed to the growing sales of the Motorola Droid models. The fourth-generation iPhone is expected to debut next month. Rumors that the iPhone will soon come to Verizon also continue to intensify, but the exit price of an ATT contract [...]

It seems the iPhone has won over even the toughest skeptics.

May 19th, 2010 by admin


LBN-BUSINESS INSIDER: Japan, one of the most difficult retail markets for foreign-made cell phones, has welcomed the iPhone, which accounted for 72 percent of all smart phones sold in the country in the fiscal year that ended March 31. Given that Japanese companies produce more sophisticated smart-phone technology, foreign smart-phone makers such as Nokia and [...]

The GPS Shoe offers monitoring management solutions for wandering and eloping Alzheimer’s victims.

May 13th, 2010 by admin


There are some that hold the belief that tracking people with GPS devices is an invasion of personal privacy – a privilege that far out weighs any benefit derived from knowing their whereabouts even with consent. GTX Corp and Aetrex Worldwide would like to share just three of more than 5.6 million unique reasons why [...]

What’s wrong with Gowalla, Foursquare and Brightkite?

May 9th, 2010 by admin


Checking in Apps are hot when you’re in New York, Texas or California, but if you’re looking for a family member in Denver, a friend in Kansas City, a business associates in Charlotte…or someone in any one of 80 other countries you’d better have LOCiMOBILE’s GPS Tracking app for the iPhone, Android or Blackberry platforms. [...]

If you were looking for your kids with a GPS app and found Starbucks instead,

May 7th, 2010 by admin


…you’re not using LOCiMOBILE’s GPS Tracking apps; the better people finder. If finding your children, or locating you business contacts or meeting up with friends is what you set out to do, but you found yourself with dozens of extraneous app options you were probably using a Gowalla, Foursquare, Glympse or Loopt app. They are [...]