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The app - which was taken down in response to complaints about privacy abuses and its potential to be used for extortion or even stalking - promised to act like a “private detective in your partner’s pocket”.
Functions include sending the person doing the tracking updates on their partner’s location and forwarding duplicates of text message traffic. Google said the company does not comment on why apps are removed.
Matheus Grijo, the 24-year-old Sao Paulo-based developer behind Boyfriend Tracker, says it has attracted around 50,000 users. It is still available for direct download and a disclaimer on his firm’s website stipulates the app is for “social and recreational use” and absolves the developer of responsibility for any misuse.
Hungry bumblebees travel more than a mile to find food, a study has found. Ecologists took samples from more than 3,000 living bees from five different species and mapped how far they travelled from their nest.
The study, led by the University of East Anglia in Norwich, found that while, on average the insects would travel between 268 to 553m, bees living in areas where there were fewer flowers would fly more than 2km.
There will be a different type of Sandman featured at the Apollo next month.
Metallica is set to rock the legendary Harlem venue on Sept 21, and promote their 3D concert-action film Metallica Through the Never.
The Apollo, revered for its place in black entertainment and historic performances from the likes of James Brown to Michael Jackson, has become a venue for rock legends in recent years, including Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney.
And while the Apollo is known for its Sandman character, who boots out weak contestants during its famous amateur show, ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica, is one of rock’s famous songs.
Canada’s capital has ordered drone strikes to rid a popular Ottawa beach of pesky geese that dirty the waters with fecal matter.
Hexacopter — a 6cm wide remote-controlled hobby aircraft that was adapted by its owner for pest control — takes off every morning at dawn and chases away the waterfowl sullying the Ottawa River near Petrie Island park on the city’s east side.
“It’s been really effective,” said city councillor Bob Monette. He said the city has tried using trained dogs, noise blasts, animal decoys, and countless other means to try to shoo the geese away, but nothing worked.
Though majestic and beautiful birds, Canada geese drop a lot of dung that raises e-coli levels in the river, creating a health hazard for bathers.
Canada to use hexacopter drones in war against geese | PSII: LOL. A scare permit! http://t.co/ty6j9ALCzB #Drones pic.twitter.com/OxyV03oEcn
— Paul Stewart II (@PaulStewartII) August 22, 2013
An online garden centre has turned to selling weeds in response to “a new craze for wildflowers”.
Sales of dandelions, buttercups, and even £7.99 (€9.35) stinging nettles have exceeded expectations since they were introduced last month, Gardeningexpress. co.uk said.
ok . . . . being a little controversial . . . . . who likes these?? pic.twitter.com/YkOIewO1z8
— Gardening Express (@GardeningExpres) August 20, 2013
if they're not for you.... how about these yellow blooms??? pic.twitter.com/8q347s1TyU
— Gardening Express (@GardeningExpres) August 20, 2013
A pair of enterprising burglars used a powerful shop vacuum to suck quarters out of a coin-operated machine at a car wash. The duo drew the suspicion of a police officer and failed to make a clean getaway with the coins, worth 25 cents each.
Police in the Salt Lake City suburb of Cottonwood Heights arrested 53-year-old Todd Herburg and 55-year-old Scott Luker on suspicion of burglary.
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