Although mobile phones may seem like a distinctly twenty-first century innovation, the history of mobile technology spans much further back than you might think. At the dawn of the twentieth century, a farmer in Kentucky was tinkering with the wireless phone that he had invented. By the 1920s, radiophones let passengers on ships contact people […]
In an emergency, every second counts. So the last thing a 911 dispatcher wants to waste time over is establishing the precise location of the caller, because in those vital, wasted seconds, lives can be lost. In a bid to address the issue, Google has been testing its technology in conjunction with a number of […]
Court records show an argument at a North Little Rock apartment led up to the shooting death of a 58-year-old man earlier this year. North Little Rock police said they found Allen McGuire fatally shot on Jan. 19 at an apartment at 5120 Velvet Ridge Road. Authorities earlier this month arrested 19-year-old Typaris Johnson and […]
In at least four investigations last year – cases of murder, sexual battery and even possible arson at the massive downtown fire in March 2017 – Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google accounts not of specific suspects, but from any mobile devices that veered too close to the scene of a crime, according to a […]
James “David” Footman, 45, of Greensboro is accused of killing Cathy Littles and severely injuring Vickie Poole on July 4, 2016, at the Summit Station Apartments on Orange Street. If convicted, he could face life in prison. Defense attorney Alec Carpenter told jurors during opening statements earlier this week that Footman originally told police he […]
