Locational Services in iOS are always a bit of a hot-button topic with iPhone users. On the one hand, this feature of the mobile operating system provides some fantastic functionality, but on the other it walks a fine line with invading our privacy. While Apple has taken great strides at being more transparent with how this data […]
The Deal With iPhone Tracking
News yesterday made rounds that iPhones have been storing location data and when extracted can give a near precise reading of where you’ve been since installing the iOS 4.0 update. Users and even a senator are raising concern about the issue. The tracking data uses cell tower triangulation over GPS so the information collected by […]
One Of The Best Fitness Apps, RunKeeper Pro, Is Free Through January
RunKeeper Pro, one of the best fitness Apps for iOS, is free through the month of January. That’s a saving of $10 and all the motivation of a personal trainer. I’ve been an avid RunKeeper Pro user for a year. It’s a great App to track your fitness progress and more importantly motivate you to […]
Google Latitude Comes To The iPhone
Google Latitude, the geo-location based social network made its debut early last year. After being blocked from the App Store by Apple, Google Latitude is finally being released for the iPhone. Google Latitude, which launched in February 2009, was not available on the iPhone after Apple asked the search engine giant not develop an iOS […]
Apple Gazette Reviews: TomTom for iPhone
I had a hell of a weekend. I woke up around 5:30 or so on Saturday morning, and loaded into a Chevy Tahoe an hour or so later, headed from Arizona to California. My friend Chad owns a ’51 Ford Custom, and it was out being lowered at a shop in Los Angeles. It was […]
The TomTom Debate
Almost two years ago, I purchased a TomTom GPS unit for my car and it turned out to be one of the best decisions I ever made. I was getting ready to go on a business trip to Claremore, Oklahoma (ever been there? No? Don’t.), and I knew that without some kind of help, I […]
