Dumped trolleys make your neighbourhood ugly and cost supermarkets a fortune, which gives them another excuse to jack up prices. The Woolworths Trolley Tracker service lets you report dumped trolleys, and uses GPS data from your phone to accurately pinpoint their location.
Depending on your temperament, you’ll have a different reaction to seeing a map of literally everywhere you’ve taken your iPhone (or 3G iPad) since you bought it. You might think it’s a neat hack to gain some perspective on your far-ranging life. Or you might wonder why Apple has been keeping this information all along.
If you’re contemplating buying a new GPS, this is worth considering: Navman is offering 36 months of map upgrades on its MY Series models, and 24 months of upgrades on EZY series models. There’s also currently $20 off across the MY range, plus the EZY30 and EZY40 models. Potentially appealing if you’re after something beyond a navigator on your mobile phone. [Navman]
If you’ve got a Wi-Fi-only iPad or iPad 2, you’re generally unable to use GPS to get more accurate location pin-pointing. Unless you also happen to own an iPhone and use its Personal Hotspot feature to tether — which, it turns out, passes along GPS data.
