| Cellphone technology has made some major | | | | you have to do is send out friend requests to your |
| announcements in recent years. One of these | | | | friends who also have Gmail accounts and Google |
| announcements is the introduction of GPS receivers | | | | Latitude installed on their cell phones. Once they |
| into cell phones. GPS receivers were introduced into | | | | accept you, you will a small picture icon on the |
| cell phones to solve an important problem that | | | | screen of your cell phone showing their exact |
| emergency dispatchers were having with finding | | | | location. |
| people who called 911. If you call 911 from your | | | | Only certain cell phones work with the Google |
| home, your phone number and address will instantly | | | | Latitude cellphone locator service. There's a list of |
| appear on the screen of the dispatcher. The | | | | devices that are supported at Google's web site. |
| dispatcher can then get emergency help to you even | | | | Within the first week of Google launching the service |
| if you are unable to tell them we're your exact | | | | over a million people signed up. So far, about three |
| location. With so many people using cell phones this | | | | million people are using the service. This overwhelming |
| posed a huge problem. People would often call 911 | | | | popularity is a clear indicator that people really like |
| but be unable to tell the dispatcher their exact | | | | being able to track people with your cell phones. |
| location. Consequently, the dispatcher didn't know | | | | Someday soon all mobile phones will come with cell |
| where to send emergency help and many people | | | | phone tracker applications installed. |
| died. GPS receivers were installed in cell phones and | | | | Imagine being able to find out the exact location of |
| the solve that problem. | | | | your children, spouse, or business associates at the |
| In 2009 Google realize that they could capitalize on | | | | touch of a button. This technology is really the way |
| the fact that phones have GPS receivers in them. | | | | of the future. No longer is this kind of tracking simply |
| They developed a very popular application called | | | | something that can be done in the movies. It is now |
| Google Latitude that allows individuals to track their | | | | available for all of us to use and there are many |
| friends, family, and business associates right from | | | | reasons for using it. Of course this will bring some |
| their cel lphone. It works with their already popular | | | | certain privacy questions into mind that buy Google |
| Google maps service. It's basically like a huge social | | | | thought about this in advance and built in a lot of |
| networking site that instead of just telling you brief | | | | easy to configure privacy settings into the Google |
| snippets about what the person is up to like they do | | | | Latitude app. |
| on facebook and twitter, you actually see the | | | | You can adjust the privacy settings for individual |
| location of your friend on a map. | | | | friends in your Google Latitudes friends list or for |
| It's quite easy to get set up with Google Latitude. All | | | | every one in your Google Latitude friends list. It's a |
| you have to do is go to Google's web site and | | | | good idea that if you do make privacy setting |
| download and install the app onto your phone. Once | | | | changes that you only intend to be temporary that |
| you have the app installed, you have to sign up for a | | | | you remember to change them back otherwise your |
| Google Gmail account if you don't already have one. | | | | friends will not be able to track you. |
| This is a free service much like yahoo mail. Then, all | | | | |