SAN FRANCISCO -- With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker ...

Device enables users to know where attachments are across work sites, reduce the number of lost attachments and plan for maintenance and replacement Caterpillar announces the addition of the PL161 ...

Location-tracking apps have become incredibly popular and can be a real lifesaver if your device gets lost or stolen. When build number 1511 for Windows 10 was released in November, Microsoft ...

Find My Device helps you locate your lost Android device or accessory. At the moment, it requires the device to be online and powered on to report its location. This caveat could go away soon, though, ...

Losing your iPhone at the beginning of the New Year is no fun, but there's hope. Here's what you can do to find it.

The Army will purchase $34 million worth of Personnel Locator Devices designed to operate open and encrypted in GPS degraded environments. Similar devices such as the Combat Survivor Evader Locator ...

Google has just publicly unveiled its plans for a “Find My Device network” on Android that can seamlessly locate tracker tags (including Tile products), headphones, and phones. While Google has long ...

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A new safety alert issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urges vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmember with a personal locator device. These devices improve a ...

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