Jetpac’s Social Travel iPad App Grabs $2.4 Million From Khosla Ventures, Jerry Yang And Others

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Have you tried Jetpac, I’d be interested in what you think. When we were preparing for our road trip we watched some videos on Katrina and music in the south, but we decided we wanted to see most of it for ourselves and not go to places feeling like we had already been there because of the quality of images and video we had seen. We were more interested in having the experience for ourselves. On the other hand a social application where you make friends with people on the road and tell them about spots where you can see awesome sunsets, have great food, awesome entertainment, that’s another story and we were very keen to share the photos we took afterwards. 

 

I’m interested to see how this evolves.

 

Jetpac, a gorgeous social travel application for iPad, has just scored $2.4 million in Series A funding from Khosla Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang and [redacted], a top Facebook exec.

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GPS tracks phone thief – Brownwood Bulletin

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Hopefully we will hear stories like this more often and it will discourage people from stealing mobiles.

 

If you have an iOS device I strongly recommend you set up Find My iPhone.

 

GPS tracks phone thiefBrownwood BulletinA father used a cell phone GPS tracking system locate his daughter’s “missing cell phone” which led police to the arrest of a man on the theft charge as well as other drug-related charges.and more »…

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Mobile Apps Gain Privacy Policies – MediaPost Communications

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This is good news. The more apps that have privacy policies the less likely it will be that Governments feel they need to over regulate.

 

MediaPost CommunicationsMobile Apps Gain Privacy PoliciesMediaPost CommunicationsThink tank Future of Privacy Forum reported on Wednesday that 53% of the most popular paid apps now have privacy policies.

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New GPS keeps teen drivers in check – 14 News WFIE Evansville

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New GPS from AAA keeps teen drivers in check14 News WFIE Evansville Imagine being able to know all about your teenagers driving habits, like when they leave, when they got there, and if they were driving too fast on the way.

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Survey finds a mobile phone generation in New Zealand

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Really interesting statistics on the number of Gen Y people without security!

 

A third of Gen Ys in New Zealand no longer have landlines, preferring to use their mobiles for all calls. Does this signal the future death of the landline?

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