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Apple Patents Reveal Its Future in GPS Mobile Apps

Apple's iPhone GPS is a fabulously useful tool: Personally I've used it when lost in the city a few dozen times. But Apple's retaining a tight grip on both its own software and third party applications that use GPS functionality. The iPhone ...READ»

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GPS Homing Device Takes You Where You Came From

It's a fairly safe bet that the industrial-military complex didn't predict quite how integrated into our modern lives that GPS satellites would become after they launched them. This simple device (pictured left) shows exactly how ...READ»