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With every passing day more and more people are using Four Square, or any of the other location-based social networking services, to check in to their favorite locations, or to simply let others know how they rate where they are and what they’re experiencing.  This is invaluable information for anyone who may be traveling or may be unfamiliar with a particular region.  Maybe you just want to check out a new restaurant, venue or spa.  Maybe you’re taking your kids to a park or movie and want to know what other’s have experienced.  Whatever is prompting your need to know, Four Square, Gowalla, Loopt and other such services are more than just informative.  They can also be fun to use and creative.

The word on the net is that a major hotel chain has developed a way to raise the bar, and will be providing rewards to anyone using a Location based social networking service (specifically Topguest) for checking in to any of its approximately 4,500 hotels.  These rewards approximate actual currency in that once they are accumulated the user may purchase hotel accommodations with them.  The rewards are called loyalty points and are easily tracked by users.  Anyone with an iPhone or a GPS Personal Navigation Device (PND) can download the app for the service and begin taking part in the loyalty points program.  At the same time, leaving comments and tips for others will enhance the experience for everyone.  Read more...

In spite of the popularity of GPS devices, the RCMP on Prince Edward Island  in Canada are concerned about motorists putting too much of their faith and trust in their GPS devices.  The RCMP are advising travelers who use these devices to take some precautionary and common sense measures before heading out on a journey. 

• GPS users should input their route, and then they should look at it to see if it makes sense to them.

• GPS users might not want to use those smaller country roads where there are no services, no service stations, or street lights.

• A GPS device should aid your own navigational abilities rather than replace them.
• The devices can also be a distraction if drivers try to program them while they’re driving, or pay more attention to the GPS than they do the road.  Don’t neglect line of sight while following directions given by your GPS.

• The GPS will tell people, well to turn left or right or take a particular exit. There is no indication whether or not it’s safe to do it at that point.  This might cause some drivers to panic whenever they get the orders, and they’re not ready to make a lane change.

• Many GPS devices are also programmed to provide the shortest route to a destination.  But shorter isn’t always better, says an Island motorist.  “When I first tried it, I was heading to Halifax.  And heading to the boat, it was telling me to take this dirt road and this snow-covered road just to get to the boat,”  This was clearly a misdirection.  Read more...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), less than 20 percent of cell phones are recycled each year. Unfortunately, because many consumers do not know where or how to recycle cell phones, most often end up in landfills. This is quite a waste, since cell phones are made from precious metals, copper and plastics-all of which used energy to extract and manufacture. By sending used cell phones to landfills, consumers are throwing away precious resources.

There are ways in which all brands of cell phones-from used AT&T cell phones and used Blackberry cell phones to used Sprint cell phones and used Verizon cell phones-can be recycled. And, if consumers choose to recycle their used cell phones, they will be reducing green house gas emissions and conserving natural resources.

One way in which people can get started is by participating in the National Cell Phone Recycling Week. This program is sponsored by the EPA and is actually a joint effort with many different service providers, cell phone manufacturers, and retailers of cell phone products. Held each year just before Earth Day, this week-long event includes in-store and online promotions, giveaways, and contests while also providing consumers easy ways in which they can recycle their used cell phones and accessories.  Read more...

Changes to Victorian Road Rules that specifically target the use of mobile phones and visual displays (like GPS devices); will take effect from 9 November 2009.

The new mobile phone rules have been revised, allowing both the navigational (GPS) and audio/music functions of a mobile phone to be used, provided the mobile phone is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.

Mobile phones - Using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call or to use its audio/music functions provided the phone:

Is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle, or Can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone. Using a phone as a GPS while driving is prohibited unless it is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle.

Further changes include the prohibition of Learner and P1 drivers from using a mobile phone at all while driving and holding the phone (whether or not engaged in a phone call), which includes resting the mobile on the driver’s lap.

Visual display units - A driver must not drive a vehicle that has a television receiver or a visual display unit operating if any part of the screen is visible to the driver or is likely to distract another driver. A driver can use a driver’s aid such as a navigation device but it must be an integrated part of the vehicle design, or secured in a commercially designed holder, which is fixed to the vehicle.

For the hottest mobile phone deals you can go through all those mobile phone shops that are available online. The online market is quite wide and there is every chance for you to grab the best deal. However, there are three kind of mobile deals that are being found and all these deals are being designed to be quite consumer-friendly. You can choose to go for any one of these and save money from the unnecessary wastages that generally happen while using a mobile phone.

The three generally found mobile deals are:

o Pay as you go
o Cheap deals and
o Contract phone deals

All these deals have certain specific criteria and facility. So, after knowing properly about these deals it will be easier for you to get one. In the pay as you go system you will be paying the bill in advance. That means you can use the phone for the money that you have already paid. So, as the money gets finished your talk time will also be finished. So, there will be a control over your unnecessary calls and hence, unnecessary wastage of money.

There are several benefits like free mobile phones, many free gifts like ipods, free line rental for twelve months, cash back, free accessories and free mobile batteries in he cheap mobile deals. So, you can opt for these deals.  Read more...