Strava fitness app quietly added a new opt-out for controversial heat … – The Verge / / No Comments The Verge Strava fitness app quietly added a new opt-out for controversial heat …The VergeIn January, the popular fitness app Strava ran into controversy over a global activities heat map that revealed details of military bases. To make matters worse, the path to opt out of the feature was not simple and required several clicks within the …Strava simplified how to opt out of its heat map data collectionEngadgetall 3 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: added, controversial, fitness, Heat, optout, Quietly, Strava, Verge
Waze Vs. Google Maps: What’s the Best Navigation App for You … – Digital Trends / / No Comments Digital Trends Waze Vs. Google Maps: What's the Best Navigation App for You …Digital TrendsTime may be on the side of the Rolling Stones but for the rest of us, maximizing the number of hours in a day has turned into a daily struggle. Mere minutes and seconds are treated as a valuable commodity, which is why we aim to get to our destinations …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: best, digital, Google, maps, navigation, Trends, Waze, What's
A map app to track stem cells – Phys.org – Phys.Org / / No Comments Phys.Org A map app to track stem cells – Phys.orgPhys.OrgResearchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want to grow the tissues and organs that patients need for transplants. Some groups are even working to develop …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: cells, Phys.org, stem, Track
Snapchat continues to seep outside the app with Snap Map on the web – Digital Trends / / No Comments Digital Trends Snapchat continues to seep outside the app with Snap Map on the webDigital TrendsFirst comes Stories, then comes Snap Maps — Snapchat is continuing its push for new users by opening up select options to live outside the app on the web. On Monday, February 12, Snapchat launched the Snap Map URL that allows web browsers to access a …Snap brings its heat map feature out of the app. Will any news …Nieman Journalism Lab at HarvardSnapchat brings Snap Maps to the web in latest push outside of …9to5MacHow to use Snap Maps without having the Snapchat appThe SunTechCrunch –WIRED –BGR –Zacksall 104 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: continues, digital, Outside, seep, Snap, Snapchat, Trends
Vilas County trail map app seeing success – The Lakeland Times … – Lakeland Times / / No Comments Vilas County trail map app seeing success – The Lakeland Times …Lakeland TimesBefore discussing the revolving loan fund draft on Tuesday, the Vilas County Tourism and Economic Development Committee heard from tourism and publicity director Cindy Burzinski on her department's trail app. Created four years ago in partnership with …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: County, Lakeland, seeing, success, Times, trail, Vilas
Fitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone’s privacy settings – CBC.ca / / No Comments CBC.ca Fitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone's privacy settingsCBC.ca"If soldiers use the app like normal people do, by turning … on tracking when they go to do exercise, it could be especially dangerous," Ruser wrote in a tweet. "This particular track looks like it logs a regular jogging route. I shouldn't be able to …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: apps, CBC.ca, fitness, More, privacy, reason, revisit, settings, smartphones
Fitness app map that revealed secret sites raises privacy concerns – mySanAntonio.com / / No Comments mySanAntonio.com Fitness app map that revealed secret sites raises privacy concernsmySanAntonio.comThose privacy features include a privacy zone feature, which will let users hide locations on their activity maps, such as homes or workplaces; and the choice to opt out of contributing data to Strava's heatmap. To access Strava privacy settings on the …Strava's fitness heatmaps are a 'potential catastrophe'EngadgetHow data breach can profile and track you downgulfnews.comFitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone's privacy settingsCBC.caall 9 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: concerns, fitness, mySanAntonio.com, privacy, Raises, revealed, secret, sites
How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collection – Vox / / No Comments Vox How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collectionVoxOver the weekend, news broke that a fitness-centered social media app called Strava had quietly, inadvertently divulged the locations of secret military bases around the world via its recently updated global “heat map.” Anyone wearing a fitness tracker …New map uses app data to show where Chicagoans like to run, ride bikesChicago Sun-TimesAll your base are belong to us: Strava exercise app maps military sites, reveals where spies jogThe RegisterFitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military InformationBrinkwire (press release)all 10 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: collection, data, fitness, military, reality, revealed, secrets