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New location for Fiat cooperative factories

Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić confirmed today that Fiat had given up on building its cooperative factories at Korman Polje in Kragujevac.

He has announced that a new location for producers of Fiat components will be Grošnica military complex near Kragujevac.

Lohan to settle in secret location after rehab

lindsay lohan9Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will move to a secret location with her mother and siblings soon after being released from rehab. “Lindsay will be staying at a secret location starting January 4, with her family, mother and siblings. She also has the support of me and her other friends. As long as she doesn’t fail [...]

Dec. 8, 1993: Location, Location, Location

1993: The U.S. secretary of defense opens the global positioning system to civilian use. It’s about to change how people see where they are.
The GPS story starts with Sputnik, the first artificial satellite. The night after it was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, researchers at MIT were able to track Sputnik’s orbit [...]

AutoBot tracks vehicle location and more, AR.Drone gets augmented reality game, embedded SIM plan killed

A company called Mavizon has unveiled an interesting product called AutoBot that combines GPS location with maintenance reminders. The thing can alert 911 if you have a crash and helps you find a stolen car or one you just can’t find in the parking lot. Parrot has launched a sweet augmented reality game that works [...]

Sprout Social Adds SRM Location Tools

The addition of location-based social media tools allows businesses to target potential new customers. – Sprout Social, a provider of social relationship management (SRM) services for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), announced the addition of location-based social media tools to its Sprout Social SRM platform. Using real-time data generated by location-based services Foursquare and Gowalla, Spro…


Google, Foursquare Unbowed by Facebook Deals Location Service

Google doesn’t have anything like Facebook Deals, and Foursquare will have a hard time keeping up with Facebook’s network. Yet neither Google nor Foursquare is scared. – Facebook Deals could bridge the gap that exists between local merchants and
online advertising, as the social network’s massive user base of 500
million-plus people provides fertile ground to match businesses with consumers.

Google doesn’t have anything like Deals, a service Foursquare will be …


Finding a Top Registry Cleaner – Location Location Location Posted By : Tommy Howard

How Many Times has your computer run slow this week, have you performed any maintenance on your pc since you began using it, computers need constant tweeks to keep them running in tip top condition, with so many software applications on your machine what you need is a good maintenance routine with the very best software.

Skyhook Sues Google for Interference, Patent Infringement

Location software maker Skyhook Wireless filed separate patent infringement and tortious interference lawsuits against rival Google, which it claimed interfered with its business agreement with Motorola. – Skyhook Wireless, a maker of software that helps
determine the location of cell phones, filed separate patent infringement and tortious
interference lawsuits against rival Google.
Skyhook’s software enables cell towers, GPS technologies
and WiFi location databases to talk to each other to help p…


Google Attaches Multiple Business Addresses to Android Ads

Google Sept. 3 is letting businesses attach several addresses to the AdWords location extensions for Android-based smartphones. The idea is to boost business visibility and ad coverage. – Google Sept. 3 said it has added the ability for
advertisers to attach several business addresses to its AdWords location
extensions for Android-based smartphones.
Launched in July, AdWords location extensions let members of Google’s Places
program put their businesses’ location and phone number…


Still no probe of possible Kosovo mass grave

An EULEX spokesperson said on Wednesday that the EU mission was preparing for establishing the location of a possible mass grave site. The location is believed to be in the vicinity of the central Kosovo town of Obilić, and to contain the remains of killed Serbs and other non-Albanians.

Google, Bing Maps Surface Location for Facebook Places

Microsoft’s Bing Maps provides the mapping technology for Facebook Places through Facebook.com. However, Google Maps is the default mapping technology for the Facebook for iPhone app, the interface through which most users will access Places. – Lost in the gloss of Facebook’s Places announcement and its impact on
Foursquare and Gowalla is that Microsoft Bing is providing the mapping
technology for the social network giant’s location service on Facebook.com.
Yet Bing still stands to lose valuable traffic from Facebook Places to
search k…


Dispatchers Couldn’t Verify Location of 911 Call Posted By : Paddy Chang

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Google Map Ads Leverage Location for Mobile Search

Google July 29 introduced AdWords location extensions that let advertisers put their businesses’ location and phone number on a Google Map ad for mobile Websites and applications. The ads will render on phones with full HTML browsers, such as Apple’s iPhone and the Motorola Droid X. – Google is looking to target ads to smartphone users who often use Google
Maps to get directions and find businesses.
The company July 29 introduced new AdWords location extensions that let
advertisers put their businesses’ location and phone number on an expandable
map ad for mobile Websites …


Jurisdiction and Cloud Security Location Location Location

When data is hosted on your property, there is a level of protection from law enforcement agencies and civil suits. By moving data to a cloud you may be decreasing your protection from search by law enforcement and civil plaintiffs. In several recent cases, law enforcement agencies have gone after the digital assets of a company suspected of criminal activities. And in the process, they seized assets of uninvolved companies simply because their applications or data shared the same server or equipment rack.
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Jennifer Aniston Stalker Jason Peyton Arrested With Sharp Object & Duct Tape

A creepy Jennifer Aniston fan has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from her after he was caught laying in wait for her with a “sharp object” and a roll of duct tape.Jason Peyton was found on July 15 “laying-in-wait in a location he believes she frequents with a sharp object, a [...]

Changing where Chrome downloads files to

If you’re unfamiliar with a new browser, sometimes finding where you downloaded the first couple of files can be a hassle. Or perhaps the default location for the browser dumps files in a inconvenient location, such as the wrong hard drive. The default download location for Google’s Chrome browser is C:\Users\”user name”\Downloads (for Windows Vista [...]

Apple Tells Congressmen It Batches, Encrypts Location Data

Apple told Congress it collects location information about users of the iPhone, iPad and Mac computers in batches and encrypts it before sending it over a WiFi connection from the device to Apple’s servers every 12 hours. – Apple said its iPhone, iPad and Mac computers collect location information, but do so anonymously in batches and
encrypt it before sending the data over a WiFi connection from the devices to Apple’s
servers every 12 hours.
The normally super-secretive company shed light on its data
collection p…


Finding Yourself – Geolocation in Google Chrome v. 5

Geolocation, or determining you position, is one of the new features that has come with the most recent stable version of Chrome (v. 5). This allows your browser to determine (or at least approximate) your physical location using information such as your IP address. Note that this function only looks at internet-related information for the [...]

Top IT Worker Salary Averages by Location, Experience

Are you interested to see how your IT salary measures up to your colleagues around the country? Here, eWEEK looks at the average base salary data in five different segments of experience for nine major U.S. cities known to be major technology job hubs. The data for this presentation came from Glassdoor.com, a rate and review career comparison site empowered by the anonymous participation of employees of large U.S. companies. The data provides a snapshot for comparison that could be weighed against cost of living data and other important relocation information. Don’t walk into a job interview without doing your salary homework. – …


Congressmen Question Location Provision in Apple Privacy Policy

Congressmen Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) June 24 sent a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs about provisions in the company’s privacy policy that allow it to collect data about the location of devices consumers purchase. Apple will not let users download any applications from the iTunes store without agreeing to the new terms and conditions. The lawmakers want to understand Apple’s data collection practices and their potential impact on consumers. – Congressmen want to know more about the data Apple collects
through its location-based services for the iPhone, iPad and computers.
Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas)
June 24 sent a letter to Apple CEO Steve Jobs about provisions in the company’s
privacy policy that allow…