Graphic courtesy of Wired.Do you know how long mobile phone service providers keep records about which cell tower you used? Or, text messages? Or, call detail records? Wired took a look at a photo copy of a U.S. Department of Justice summary table titled "Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers" that provides the specifics.


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Image courtesy of TripitAt the beginning of the summer I wrote an article on five Android apps that I find most useful for travelers. Top on my list is TripIt, which retrieves and stores travel itineraries. A new Android version of TripIt has been released with user interface updates so that more information displays on the screen.


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Anonymous made some more trouble this week by posting the names, home addresses, email addresses and passwords of 102 police officers who work for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) agency.


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A group of nearly 27,000 South Koreans have filed a lawsuit against Apple for a whopping $26 million, claiming privacy violations on the collection of iPhone user location information. Apple spokesman Steve Park in Seoul has declined to comment on the situation.

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If you have Google Maps for mobile running on your phone (Android and iPhone, for example) and live in Europe or plan to visit, you'll be happy to know that there now is traffic data available for 13 countries in Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.Live traffic information for 13 European countriesTraffic events within the past 5 to 10 minutes are available in the Google Maps for mobi [...]

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