GPS case dismissed (The Troy Record)

ALBANY — The burglary charge against the Watervliet man whose case changed the way law enforcement use global positioning technology was dismissed.

GPS case dismissed (The Troy Record)

ALBANY — The burglary charge against the Watervliet man whose case changed the way law enforcement use global positioning technology was dismissed.

Free iPhones at Japan university may prove costly for some as GPS keeps tabs on truants (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

TOKYO - A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class.

The GPS Revolution: Location, Location, Location (BusinessWeek)

GPS doesn’t just keep us from getting lost. From practical business applications to social-networking fun, it’s transforming our lives

Free iPhones at Japan university may prove costly for some as GPS keeps tabs on truants (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

TOKYO - A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class.

Japan university gives away iPhones to nab truants (San Francisco Chronicle)

A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class. Truants in Japan often fake attendance by getting friends to answer roll-call or hand in signed attendance… Related: Japan - Global positions system - IPhone - GPS - Education

School bus drivers blast GPS monitoring (The Ocala Star-Banner)

Two dozen bus drivers jammed the Marion County School Board meeting room on Tuesday to voice concerns about the accuracy of global positioning satellite devices being used to track their speed, routes and every other move they make on the highway.

Problems with GPS could mean big problems for the military (KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls)

That little guidance gadget that so many of us have come to depend on when we travel might go away. We’re talking about our global positioning system, or GPS. And what’s even worse, its failure could be catastrophic to our national security and military. The Government Accountability Office said finances have kept the Air Force from properly upgrading GPS satellites. They said that could lead to …

Report: Concerns over GPS failure (ABC 7 Chicago)

There are concerns that global positioning systems in cars and smart phones could fail.

Air Force responds to GPS outage concerns (ARNnet)

The sky isn’t falling and neither is the Global Positioning System , the U.S. Air Force said during a Twitter news conference. “No, the GPS will not go down,” tweeted Col. Dave Buckman of the Air Force’s Space Command.

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