Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places ...

An accelerometer measures the acceleration of your phone. It does that on three axes: horizontal, vertical, and forward/backward. It also senses vibration, tilt, and free fall. Being able to calculate ...

A phone’s GPS works best when it can connect to the ... With a GPS, the receiver will need to have an unobstructed view of the satellites for it to connect. Speaking of Google, it’s public ...

One of the more interesting facets of GPS is that, at least from the receiver’s point-of-view, it’s a fairly passive system. All of the information beamed down from the satellites is out in ...

With help from small tracking gadgets plus the ubiquitous smartphone, we can now keep tabs on our belongings – wherever they ...