Indeed. The Borg awaits, why resist? Assimilate ASAP. Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > Good grief!! > > > ---- Derek Drew <derekdrew@DEREKMAIL.COM> wrote: >> Often times when driving on the highway you will see another Vanagon >> go by that is interesting and you wonder if you know who this person >> is from the Internet or group events. >> >> There now seems to be a way, which is that if you have a smart phone >> you can download and install the excellent and interesting WAZE >> application that is a traffic and navigation application that you can >> put onto your phone. >> >> When people see a car stopped in the middle of a highway, for >> example, WAZE allows you to post a notification as to where the >> hazard is on the highway and everybody else behind you will then be >> warned. WAZE also notifies you of speeding cameras, hiding police, >> and traffic jams, amont other things. >> >> There is a new feature in the last update which makes it so that if >> one of your Facebook friends (or one of their friends) is near you on >> the road, Waze will show that person to you and their name. (You can >> turn this off or on as you wish.) >> >> So, if everybody on this list were to download WAZE to their >> smartphone and then indicate that they would be visible to all their >> facebook friends, they will always know when their friends are nearby >> as long as they are within 1 kilomoeter of each other. >> >> ................... |
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