Garmin Updates Its iPhone App With Public Transit Directions, Google Street View

Looking to attract users dissatisfied with Apple Maps, Garmin has updated its app for iOS with public transit routing, and Google Street View.

Garmin StreetPilot North America is packed full of great navigation features from Garmin, the world leader in GPS navigation. The app is the first iPhone navigation app to include Garmin's exclusive photoReal images of complex junctions to help you navigate with confidence. It also includes rich mapping with detailed 3D buildings and landmarks, lane guidance, speed/red light camera alerts and many other advanced features, while remaining simple and easy to use.

Optional in-app purchases include integrated real-time traffic updates, photoLive traffic cameras and fuel pricing.

Features:
• Industry-leading Garmin user interface
• Voice-prompted, turn-by-turn directions including spoken street names
• Millions of preloaded points of interest including gas stations, restaurants and other businesses
• Integrated Google™ Local Search

• Maps for the U.S.A., Canada and Mexico installed on your device, so wireless coverage is not required to navigate
• 3D buildings and landmarks
• Lane assist with photoReal junction view provides a photo-realistic illustration of the correct lane for different maneuvers
• Integrated red light and speed camera database including community-generated alerts (U.S. & Canada)
• Speed limits for most major roads with the capability to report speed limit changes or errors
• Where Am I? emergency locator shows your exact latitude and longitude, the nearest address and intersection, and the closest hospitals, police stations and gas stations
• Exit services allow you to quickly see services such as restaurants, gas stations and lodging available at exits along your route
• Trip planner allows you to create a route with multiple stops in advance with automatic or manual ordering of destinations
• Address book integration so you can easily navigate to contacts
• Trip computer includes a compass heading and bearing indicator, resettable odometer and trip statistics such as arrival distance, next turn time and average moving speed
• Trip log enables an electronic breadcrumb trail that shows you where you've been
• Weather feature shows current conditions and a 5-day forecast
• Location sharing via Facebook or SMS


What's New In This Version:
- iOS 6 and iPhone 5 support

- URBAN GUIDANCE considers public transportation options, such as subways, trams, busses and water taxis, when calculating pedestrian routes. You will be guided to a transit stop by foot and you're able to look up detailed information on what line to take and where to get off. The feature is available through In App Purchase.

- PANORAMA VIEW 3D provides true 3D elevation views obtained from NASA's height and terrain data enable intuitive orientation and show users what lies ahead. Panorama View 3D is available through In App Purchase.

- GOOGLE STREET VIEW provides users a street-level view of their destination before starting a route and shortly before arriving. Users can also look at a full-screen 360° view to get a better understanding of their destination's surroundings. The feature is available in cities with Google Street View coverage.

You can purchase Garmin N. America from the App Store for $44.99.














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Apple Adds GLONASS Location Support to iPhone 4S

One new feature of the iPhone 4S that may have snuck by your radar is support for GLONASS, reports TNW.

GLONASS, an acronym for Globalnaya navigatsionnaya sputnikovaya sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System, is a radio-based satellite navigation system operated for the Russian government by the Russian Space Forces. It is an alternative and complement to the United States' Global Positioning System (GPS). [W]

GLONASS navigation definitions for latitude and longitude are 4.46 - 7.38 m. In comparison, GPS navigation definitions are 2.00 - 8.76 m. This indicates that GPS is slightly more accurate; however, on northern latitudes, GLONASS' accuracy is better than GPS due to the orbital position of the satellites.

Using both GLONASS and GPS satellites together provides improved coverage and gives a very fast fix time due to over 50 satellites being available. GLONASS/GPS navigation definitions are 2.37 - 4.65 m.







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Waze GPS for iOS Gets a Complete Redesign

Waze GPS for iOS has been updated with a completely new design that features a new minimalist user interface.

When you download Waze, you not only get a free traffic & navigation app, but also become part of the local driving community in your area, joining forces with other drivers nearby to outsmart traffic, save time, and improve everyone's daily commute!

Features:
* Live community-contributed traffic information and road reports + notification when approaching police traps, speed cams, heavy traffic or hazards on the road
* Free traffic by-passing navigation featuring voice-guided, turn-by-turn guidance
* A 100% live map + real-time road monitoring & automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change
* Ability to create or join local driving groups, plus the option to link up with other drivers for carpooling
* Foursquare, Twitter & Facebook integrations, plus fun, geo-gaming elements

What's New In This Version:
· Complete redesign featuring new, minimalist U/I with two large main buttons on a full screen map
· 100% rewritten code making the app run faster, smoother and respond much quicker than ever before
· New search fully integrated with Yelp, foursquare and Bing allowing you to search for, navigate to and check-in at real-time destinations you might not otherwise know about
· Full text-to-speech (US and Canada only)
· New day/night map color schemes
· Wall in Waze Groups allowing commuting buddies to interact with one another more easily
· Smart ETA and graphic preview of events along route
· New Waze moods
· Map preview when selecting destination for the first time
· ETA pop up when anything changes along your route
· 'Swipe' gesture shortcuts to main menu and traffic reporting

You can download Waze GPS from the App Store for free.









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New low-cost, subscription-based personal navigation app from Garmin goes live on the App Store

There is no shortage of GPS-enabled apps on Apple’s mobile devices. Unfortunately, quality programs usually cost north of fifty bucks. For example, Garmin’s StreetPilot, an excellent navigation app for iOS gadgets, is a $60 download - you can get refurbished low-end handheld GPS devices for that sum. Figuring out the realities, Garmin released a brand new, low-cost, subscription based personal navigation iOS app, the Garmin StreetPilot onDemand.

The program works with iPhones as well as WiFi and 3G models of iPad and costs just 99 cents a month to use. It includes public transit information for 31 metropolitan areas, pretty 3D graphics, standard walking, driving and public transportation directions, spoken turb-by-turn directions and more.

You can download Garmin StreetPilot onDemand from the App Store and let iTunes charge your credit card 99 cents each month or opt for a premium subscription that comes with advanced features. More on that, plus three more screenshots below.

The premium subscription gets you voice-guided navigation with automatic off-route recalculation, real-time traffic, photoReal junction view, lane guidance, speed limits and more.

The premium upgrade costs three bucks a month, or thirty bucks annually, but they’re currently running a launch promotion where an annual premium subscription costs twenty bucks (a $10 saving), valid until September 14.










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iOS 5 Beta 3 Improves Control Over Location Services

The new iOS 5 beta 3 seeded to developers today improves control over Location Service with new switches that enable and disable specific features including:

● Cell Network Search
● Diagnostics & Usage
● Location-Based iAds
● Setting Time Zone
● Traffic

Developers can download the update from the iOS Dev Center. For everyone else, iOS 5 should be available sometime in September.



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Location Tracker 1.0 For iOS Hits The App Store

JAS Applications has announced the release of their latest iOS App 'GPS - Location Tracker'. GPS - Location Tracker uses real time location services to provide accurate data delivering your exact location. The App works worldwide so wherever you are, whenever you're there, GPS - Location Tracker provides one tap access to your current location and allows you to view it on three different types of stunning maps: Standard, Satellite and Hybrid. As you change your whereabouts, the App uses real time information to move the pin on the map as your location changes making the App have greater usability.

You can also even view your current latitude, longitude and altitude and then simply copy it to your device's clipboard to use in other Apps or send it via Email, SMS, Twitter or Facebook meaning that you can find people you know in the area with the tap of a button. The App has a sleek and easy to use interface.

Pricing and Availability:
GPS - Location Tracker 1.0 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and is available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Navigation category.





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iOS 5 Offers Evidence That Apple is Building Its Own Maps

More evidence that Apple is building its own maps solution has been found in iOS 5, according to MacRumors.

The site was tipped off to a new "Map Data" section in iOS 5's legal disclaimers. This section is separate from Google Map's terms and many of the companies do not overlap.

• CoreLogic - offers Parcel data which marks boundaries for of properties to provide positional accuracy in location-based solutions.
• Getchee - provides location and market data on China, India and Southeast Asia.
• Increment P Corp - provides location and traffic data for Japan.
• Localeze - provides local business listings.
• MapData Sciences Pty Ltd. Inc - provides mapping data for Australia and New Zealand.
• DMTI - provides postal code data for Canada.
• TomTom - offers global TeleAtlas mapping data which is also licensed by Google for their map solution.
• Urban Mapping - provides in-depth neighborhood data such as crime, demographics, school performance, economic indicators and more.
• Waze - offers real-time maps and traffic information based on crowd sourced data.

While Apple has reportedly signed on to continue using Google Maps, the company has publicly revealed that it's working on a traffic service for iOS users and its acquisitions and hirings suggest a full blown maps solution.







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GPS Bookmarker, Location mapping for the rest of us

Putting aside for a moment the iPhone location tracking issue, what was the last time you used the iOS Maps app? Apple’s built-in software does turn-by-turn navigation and lets you enjoy detailed satellite imagery and street-level photography, but it otherwise leaves a lot to be desired in the features department. For example, it won’t let you attach detailed information about saved location, the stuff like images, notes or voice memos.

GPS Bookmarker, a new mapping tool for iOS and Android devices, solves these shortcomings. The program lets you bookmark your current location and save it in a database on your phone. You can name the location and personalize it with custom categories, notes, pictures or voice memos so you can quickly pinpoint that fine restaurant or a bookstore later. It also does turn-by-turn directions.

For example, if you’re buying a house you could use GPS Bookmarker to take a picture of your future home, record a voice memo with contact info and attach that to the location. Or, why not snap a picture of you car at the parking lot along with a memo of the spot number to easily find your vehicle later.

I can also see you bookmarking your new girlfriend’s home location with a photo so you don’t embarrass yourself asking for directions each time you come by. GPS Bookmarker costs three bucks. A try-before-you-buy version is also in the works and should appear on the App Store within days.

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South Park spoofs iPhone location tracking

Apple is again all over South Park. Season 15 of the animated television series premiered yesterday and it aired with a bunch of humorous takes on Apple’s latest PR fiasco surrounding the iPhone location tracking issue. Plus, they also ridicule the iPad as the latest fashion must-have item.

Check it out in Gawker’s reel or go to the official site and watch the entire episode entitled “HUMANCENTiPAD”, it’s worth your time (sorry, they don’t allow video embedding). Plus, the episode also pokes fun of lavish Steve Jobs media presentations.

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Crowd-sourced traffic service from Apple due “in the next couple of years”

The blogosphere is abuzz this morning with Apple’s official response to the Locationgate scandal. While the company’s powerful PR machinery is in full swing trying to dodge the bullet, we have pinpointed a rather interesting line in Apple’s document entitled “Q&A on Location Data”. Before we dive into that – and for those who didn’t get the memo – Apple has confirmed a database residing on the device that contains anonymized data generated by tens of millions of iPhones sending the geo-tagged locations of nearby WiFi hotspots and cell towers.

They use it to “help your iPhone rapidly and accurately calculate its location when requested”. Storing a year’s worth of data was a “bug” that will be fixed with a forthcoming iOS update. “We don’t think the iPhone needs to store more than seven days of this data,” the company wrote. But Apple may be planning to use this crowd-sourced information to release a new traffic service in the future, quite possibly a turn-by-turn traffic service. Apple itself alluded to this in the document:

Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years.
What might this service be like?

I remember that Google has been experimenting with a similar crowd-sourced traffic service in Japan. They were tracking phone movements to see where there is traffic congestion. If a phone on a highway was staying relatively still, then Google knew there were traffic delays. Multiply this data by millions of handset owners and you get a pretty detailed insight into near-real-time traffic patterns in any given area. We also know Apple was seeking engineers to take the Maps app “to the next level” and they later added more engineers specialized in navigational software. Plus, we also know, as MacRumors noted, that Apple acquired mapping startups Poly9 and Placebase.

These acquisitions were for a purpose and if Apple intends to create its own mapping service, as we believe it will, then a crowd-sourced turn-by-turn based service sounds like a no-brainer.

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Locationgate Lawmakers summon Apple, Google for Senate judiciary hearing in May

Apple’s and Google’s practice of collecting geographical location data on their smartphone users has prompted lawmakers to quiz both companies over the privacy implications. Senator Al Franken and Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan have each summoned Apple and Google to appear before a Senate judiciary hearing on mobile privacy scheduled for May 10. Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan said in a statement:

I want to know whether consumers have been informed of what is being tracked and stored by Apple and Google and whether those tracking and storage features can be disabled.
And here’s from Senator Franken:

Recent advances in mobile technology have allowed Americans to stay connected like never before and put an astonishing number of resources at our fingertips. But the same technology that has given us smartphones, tablets, and cell phones has also allowed these devices to gather extremely sensitive information about users, including detailed records of their daily movements and location. This hearing is the first step in making certain that federal laws protecting consumers’ privacy-particularly when it comes to mobile devices-keep pace with advances in technology.
Other privacy watchdogs will speak at the May 10 hearing, including privacy expert Ashkan Soltani, top brass from the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice and Justin Brookman, Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Project on Consumer Privacy. Meanwhile, CNET has learned that Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 also tracks users’ location and phones home.

Both Democratic Senator Franken and Republican Senator Ed Markey last week issued public letters to Steve Jobs and Google seeking clarification to a number of questions related to the collection of location data on iPhone and Android users without their consent. But things have already gone too far and possible probes from the governments of South Korea, France, Germany and Italy are the least of Apple’s worries. Read on…




This comes just as we learned that two Tampa, Florida-based iPhone customers have sued Apple over location tracking. An email purporting to be from Steve Jobs dismissed the reports as false, saying Apple doesn’t track anyone and instead stressing that Android does. However, The Wall Street Journal discovered that turning off location services doesn’t prevent iOS from tracking your location. The device keeps collecting this information in regular intervals by triangulating cellular towers. iOS stores this data in a database on a device, copying it to a file on your computer at each iTunes sync. The file is unencrypted unless encryption is turned on in iTunes.

Most folks rarely use iTunes encryption, however, because it slows down the syncing process considerably. As a result of this, malicious users could theoretically steal your device or a computer and access up to a year’s worth of location history. A spokesperson for Google insists that Android location sharing is an opt-in, claiming any location data sent to Google’s servers is anonymized.




Apple hasn’t yet publicly commented on the issue, but various tests confirm that neither iOS devices nor desktop iTunes send back your location data to Apple. Both companies maintain they track location in order to improve the experience for users. It’ll be interesting seeing how this plays out because privacy advocates are all over this story. Plus, there’s no doubt that Locationgate will give VIP users of iOS devices a pause, including President Obama.

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Jailbreak utility blocks iOS from storing recorded iPhone location data

Noted jailbreak developer Ryan Petrich has released a new jailbreak-only utility tonight named untrackerd, which promises to block iOS and Apple’s ability to log your device’s location information. Petrich’s application comes in light of a new discovery that Apple’s mobile operating system tracks iOS device’s longitude and latitude. That location information is then stored on your computer’s hard drive and can later be accessed by just about anyone with the right computer skills or software. Untrackerd is available for free on the Cydia jailbreak store. Thanks, Will.

Untrackerd’s description in Cydia:

This package installs a daemon (process that can run in the background) to clean consolidated.db file) No new icons are added to your homescreen. There are no options to configure.
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Here’s a video to see the location data the iPhone has been logging

Let’s just get this out of the way first: This is public info, please don’t use this to find out where your girlfriend really was last weekend.

Oxford to Cambridge and then London from Alasdair Allan on Vimeo.

That location data that is stored both on your iPhone and backed up to your computer through iTunes is available for your perusal using a little program here.

Another road trip from DC to NYC below the fold:

Washington DC to New York from Alasdair Allan on Vimeo.

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Sony’s Crackle bug leaves location services on in iOS

Crackle’s “It’s On!” moniker could refer to Location Services which the application asks to turn on the first start up. The problem is that Crackle, even when closed, leaves Location Services on, which could drain the battery. Users have to go into Setting/Location Services to deny it access manually (below).

We’re waiting for that bug to be squashed and also an Airplay option in an upcoming update (but otherwise it is a pretty solid way to get Sony content).
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Location Gate* iOS secretly storing your location data, say researchers

Above: A location map from an iPhone that had been used in the southwest of England

Privacy advocates are going to have a field day with this one. According to researchers interviewed by The Guardian, your iPhone keeps record of your whereabouts in a secret file that gets copied to your computer as part of iTunes sync. It gets spookier, the paper explains:

The file contains the latitude and longitude of the phone’s recorded coordinates along with a timestamp, meaning that anyone who stole the phone or the computer could discover details about the owner’s movements using a simple program.
The root cause of the problem is iOS 4 which, for some reason, silently tracks our geographical location. This means, the paper explains, that for some people there could be “almost a year’s worth of data stored.”

Say someone steals your computer and decrypts said file. This may not be problematic for regular Joes, but it’s a big issue for those urged to keep their location private. If you’re a high-ranked executive in a corporation, a celebrity or some kind of a VIP, someone could steal your computer and plot your location history to determine where you live and work, your daily routine and more.

From there, thieves could plan on breaking into your house while you’re away. This reminds me of a similar privacy-related debacle pertaining to the carrier location tracking issue that Malte Spitz, a German Green party politician, made public.

He obtained a court order forcing Deutsche Telekom to hand over his location data spawning a six-month period from August 31, 2009 to February 28, 2010. During that time Deutsche Telekom had recorded his longitude and latitude coordinates more than 35,000 times, tracing him in places such as a train on the way to Erlangen. It was explained that a handset typically pings the network every seven seconds or so in order to determine the nearest cellular tower, allowing Deutsche Telekom to create a location history of their every user without them knowing anything about it.

The finding let to a heated debate as Spitz published his entire location history on the web. Eventually, the court ruling prevented such an unreasonable data retention. The problem could be even worse in the United States where telecommunication companies are not obliged to specify what data they collect about users.
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Apple looking to “radically improve” iOS maps and location services

Apple, in late 2009, acquired a mapping company called PlaceBase and since then many rumors have said that Apple is working to revamp their built-in maps application. Rumors have covered a redesigned iOS application all the way to Apple creating their own maps database – with PlaceBase’s data – to replace Google’s backend currently used in iOS maps.

Now, Apple has filed a new job opportunity for an iOS Maps application developer. Apple wants the candidates to work on a team that will “radically improve” maps and location services within their iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch operating system.

The Maps team is looking for an exceptional developer to join us in our mission to radically improve how people interact with maps and location-based services.
Apple also wants the candidates to have “excellent skills in object-oriented software design and programming” and they will be “collaborating closely with Apple’s peerless human interface team to add new and innovative features.” Additionally, the candidates should have “experience at the application and user interface level” and “experience with the iOS SDK and Cocoa programming.”

From that description, it seems that this person will be “radically improving” the entire maps application, not specifically the backend. We speculate that Apple would not revamp their whole maps app if they are not going to give it a whole new backend.

In iOS 5, Apple is expected to introduce a new “Find my Friends” map-based social network, so perhaps this team will be involved in implementing this as well. Apple has not really updated their built-in maps application since an iOS 1.x update.




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Speed Tracker 2.2 Adds GPS Course

Mother Tucker has announced the release of Speed Tracker 2.2, an update to their popular realtime GPS sharing and monitoring App for iOS. Speed Tracker allows users to monitor the location, heading and speed of their device and other iOS devices on the internet at the same time on a Google Map. Designed originally for Game Center equipped iOS devices, Speed Tracker allows you to track, report and share your speed when you're not connected to another player. Offering Universal iOS device support, version 2.2 adds the GPS course and In-App Friend Requests.

Feature Highlights:
* Realtime GPS monitoring of other IOS devices over 3G and WiFi
* Google Map view of your device and the player you're connected to with speedometers
* Full-screen speedometer view of your device or the player you're connected to
* Can be used as a standalone Speedometer
* Continues executing for up to 10 minutes when backgrounded while connected (requires multitasking support)
* Voice Chat (requires headphones and both players to be on WiFi)
* Detailed view of your speed, top speed, average speed, course, distance traveled, location, timestamp
* Post your Top Speeds to the following Leaderboards: Foot; Skateboard; Bicycle; Motorcycle; Car; Train; Boat; AirPlane
* Track, report and share your speed when you're not connected to another player
* Share speedometer snapshots on Facebook or via In-App Mail
* In-App Friend Requests
* Copy&Save speedometer snapshots
* MPH or km/h Units settings option
* GPS Accuracy settings option
* Map Type settings option ("Street", "Satellite)
* Background Location Updates settings option (requires multitasking support)
* Full Portrait and Landscape orientation support
* Top Speeds reported to Game Center from within the app are not editable
* Speedometer images posted to Facebook from within the app are not editable

Pricing and Availability:
Speed Tracker 2.2 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Navigation category.




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Personal Hotspot Sends GPS Data to Wi-Fi iPad?

Apple's new Personal Hotspot feature reportedly feeds GPS data to wi-fi iPad devices that are tethered to it, according to TabletMonsters.

Apple’s Wi-Fi only iOS devices have had location awareness for years via Wi-Fi location service that rely on identifying MAC addresses of nearby hotspots, and comparing those against a database of where those routers are located.

The location I’m getting on my Wi-Fi only iPad is most certainly not this. It is clear I am being fed GPS information from the phone, at what appears to be an interval of once a minute or so between refreshes (likely they didn’t do real time updating so as to go easy on the phone’s battery).

Although, one minute intervals isn't that often. It might be enough to sway some customers' purchasing decision towards the Wi-Fi iPad model instead of the 3G.

The feature can be seen demonstrated it the video below.




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Turn by Turn Directions Coming Soon to Google Maps thanks to an Upcoming Tweak

TheZimm and infectionFX are bringing native Turn By Turn Directions to Google Maps for the iPhone via an upcoming Cydia Tweak.

No word on when it will be available but you can check out the video teaser below...




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Location Based Social Networking App Released For iOS

goGlyph, Inc. has announcd the availability of goGlyph 1.0 on the iTunes app store. goGlyph, a free geolocation messaging application for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, introduces location based messaging.

Users are able to create messages and "post" them to their current location. Visitors to that location are able to view messages within 1000, 100 or 10 meters of their current locations. The application allows users to share locations with their friends and save favorite locations to be viewed from any location. The application map feature allows users to display the location of messages around them. Authorized users can create announcements that are displayed when users are within 1000 meters of the announcement spot. The application creates an electronic "billboard" on user's mobile IOS devices. Posting a sign to any location is now available without the cost and ugly visual pollution.

Example Features:
* Share locations with friends
* Adjust radius of messages around current location
* Save favorite locations for later access
* Display message locations on map
* View messages for a single users regardless of location

Availability:
goGlyph 1.0 is free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Social Networking category.




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