Hasta La Gadget!

Remember all the fuss a couple years ago about Apple storing your location data from iPhone 4 handsets and the subsequent privacy lawsuits that resulted? Well, that’s all amounted to nothing for four of the plaintiffs, as their claims have just been dismissed in court by none other than Judge Lucy Koh. She said that those folks failed to show they had relied on any alleged Apple misrepresentations, and suffered no harm in any case. Shortly after the allegations were made in 2011, Apple countered that it was just using the data to improve connection times, and the only thing it did wrong was keep it for too long. As a result, it ended up patching the problem so that the offending file only stored your information for a week, instead of a year. Despite Koh’s ruling, Apple has paid out similar suits elsewhere, and still has up to 19 more to contend with stateside. Anyway, after what we’ve seen since then, the whole thing now seems downright quaint.

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Source: Reuters

GPS turn-by-turn directions are staid and boring, whether they are relayed by a male or female voice. Waze wants to give us what we really want, which is, quite naturally, driving directions delivered with the gravitas only Hollywood actors can bring. To that end, the social navigation company has partnered up with Universal Pictures to deliver some cross-promotional synergy that’ll have actors in forthcoming films acting as your virtual co-pilot. The first such star of the silver screen is comedian Kevin Hart (promoting the aptly titled film Ride Along), and you can get a taste of what Waze will be like with Hart telling you where to go in the video after the break.

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Via: VentureBeat

Real-time crowd-based navigation, traffic monitoring, weather conditions, and incident reporting has come to Windows Phone in the person of Waze. The Google-owned app showed up in the Windows Phone Store today. This rounds out Waze’s device support for all of the major mobile operating systems. The Waze app is free of charge. Install it on […]

AT&T has announced the pending launch of a new product that helps parents keep their kids safe when they can’t be with their children. The product is called the Amber Alert GPS device and will be available via AT&T for $129.99. The Amber Alert GPS is a communication and location device that will be available […]

Let us face the facts – the world today is not as forgiving or as friendly as it was all those years ago when our grandparents were wee kids, running around the neighborhood without a care in the world. Crime was basically unheard of then, and a murder was a big deal. Well, kidnapping cases have been on the rise over the decades, so what can a parent do on his or her side to make sure that their little ones remain accountable at all times? We are pleased to report that the Amber Alert GPS is now available to AT&T customers for $129.99 a pop.

The Amber Alert GPS happens to be a communication and location device which will be able to assist parents when it comes to keeping in touch with their children. From November 22nd onward, those who want to pick it up from AT&T online will be able to do so. The Amber Alert GPS comes across as a smart GPS locator, where it boasts of two-way calling and unlimited voice on AT&T’s wireless network, so that parents will be able to know where their little ones are all the time, for as little as $10 monthly. After all, what price would you place on for peace of mind? [Press Release]

Amber Alert GPS Now Available For $129.99 To AT&T Customers original content from Ubergizmo.