Go car


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GPS-enabled Go Car in Lisbon, Portugal.

Sight-seers use these small electric vehicles to travel around Portugal’s capital city and the GPS-aware commentary system tells you about all the places of interest on your route.

Why my smartphone hasn’t replaced my in-car GPS receiver … yet!
Almost every smartphone comes with a built-in GPS receiver and mapping software (either pre-loaded or available as an optional purchase). Does this mean that the days of the in-car GPS receiver…
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Supreme Court to decide whether police can attach GPS device to a car without a warrant
Is tracking a motorist for several weeks with a GPS device an ‘unreasonable search’ under the 4th Amendment? The Supreme Court says it will hear the case this fall. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether police investigators seeking to build a criminal case may put a tracking device on a car without first obtaining a search warrant.
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Feds argue against warrantless GPS lawsuit
The Justice Department is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller over a GPS tracking device put on a student’s car without a warrant.
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GPS Guides Officers To Stolen Phone, Bloody Shirt
Des Moines police located a stolen phone Tuesday morning by using its internal GPS, police reports said.
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GPS catches out Auckland car thieves
A car owners global positioning system (GPS) unit helped police track a stolen car in Auckland overnight.Police were told a Nissan Skyline had been stolen from an address in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert about 4am.With…
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GPS foils Auckland car thieves
A car owners global positioning system (GPS) unit helped police track a stolen car in Auckland overnight.
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