{"id":399,"date":"2006-11-05T17:08:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-05T22:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skipease.com\/blog\/gadgets-tools\/the-long-arms-on-your-cell-phone\/"},"modified":"2016-06-08T13:04:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T18:04:08","slug":"the-long-arms-on-your-cell-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skipease.com\/blog\/gadgets-tools\/the-long-arms-on-your-cell-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"The Long Arms on Your Cell Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

This 11\/06\/2006 article from Business Week details the pros and cons of the various people search, mapping and tracking technology that are featured on cell phones.<\/p>\n

From the article —<\/p>\n

They’re becoming increasingly sophisticated tracking devices popular in social networking circles<\/p>\n

By now, anyone with a Net connection is familiar with social networking sites such as MySpace.com. The only name that may score higher on the buzz-o-meter is Barack Obama. But the momentum has really just begun. Site operators are linking their services to cell phones, enabling users to stay in constant touch without booting up a PC. Social networking has “become so incredibly viral,” says MySpace CEO Chris DeWolfe, “it makes all the sense in the world to port this to a mobile device.”<\/p>\n

Now more cell services are incorporating location-based satellite technology and maps from the likes of Navteq Corp., making all kinds of social applications possible. Services such as Dodgeball.com, Geocaching.com, and Plazes.com help satellite-linked users find restaurants, nightclubs, and movie theaters, and learn where friends in their network are congregating. All they need to do is press a few buttons to pull up the best route to a desired destination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source: The Long Arm Of The Cell Phone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 11\/06\/2006 article from Business Week details the pros and cons of the various people search, mapping and tracking technology that are featured on cell phones. From the article — They’re becoming increasingly sophisticated tracking devices popular in social networking circles By now, anyone with a Net connection is familiar with social networking sites such […]<\/p>\n

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