Posted on 23 August 2010. Tags: Beidou, geo-caching, GLONASS, GPS, IRNSS, Mecca, moslems, prayer
JAKARTA Indonesia (GlossyNews) — At the insistence of Muslim holy leaders in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca, an incredibly accurate new GPS tracking system will be installed to thwart anti-Islamic hackers who have recently been caught attempting to alter GPS signals to divert prayers meant to be recited directly towards Mecca. Read the full story
Posted in Gadgets & Gizmos, Religionism
Posted on 16 April 2010. Tags: attention span, GPS, homeless, housing, san francisco, shelters, Technology, victorian houses
Daly City, CA (GlossyNews) — Karen Salvio came to San Francisco in 1994, a bright-eyed young woman fresh out of college. After she moved into her new apartment, she went out for the evening to have a few drinks. But when Karen jumped in a cab to go home, she couldn’t remember her new address. After riding around for hours and exhausting all her funds, Karen arrived at a homeless shelter in the Mission the next afternoon.
“It’s a common problem in a city like San Francisco where every building starts to look the same after a while,” says homeless advocate Mary Smith. “People come from all over the country to live here, they get turned around, never find their home again, Read the full story
Posted in Human Interest
Posted on 30 December 2009. Tags: directions, global positioning, GPS, lost old people, maps, obama, terrorism, travel
President Barack Obama announced yesterday that he would ask the Department of Homeland Security to investigate an alarming rise in GPS malfunctions. Although he stopped short of suggesting a link between terrorists and the rash of travelers who wound up as many as five hundred miles off course after following aggressive GPS instructions, the president said that such incidents could undermine America’s economic recovery. Read the full story
Posted in Technology
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