Tracking You Now

About Tracking You Now Android App

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24x7 Location Tracking! No GPS required! No map monitoring!!

You have started your travel back to home and your family wants to know where you have arrived during your travel. They are not experts at reading maps, they just want to get notified of your progress.
-There are many cases like this where your current approximate location is required by others for various reasons.

There are many apps in the market that provide location monitoring through maps, most of them using GPS for tracking. Problem is, GPS works only under clear sky and drains your phone battery really fast. You have to be careful to switch GPS on and off only when tracking is required. Also reading and monitoring maps in real time is not convenient for everyone.

Tracking You Now app does not use GPS. It uses mobile networks and WIFI hotspots to determine approximate location of the user and works wherever mobile network is available. For the case mentioned above it is perfectly alright to have approximate locations. With network location provider you can keep this app running 24x7 without worrying about battery consumption(app runs as a background service). The app sends notifications to your-assigned mailbox, twitter account or as Gtalk messages whenever app user's location gets updated.
Your track route is maintained and can be shared with your family members, friends etc.

Installation Steps:
1. Go to Settings>Location and Security and check "Use wireless networks" checkbox(see app images above).
2. Install the app from Google Play and enable tracking from first screen.

Application Settings:
To receive notifications one has to have atleast one of Gtalk, email or twitter account. To enable notifications you need to add account ids on settings screen(see screen shot). Your assigned account will be immediately notified when your location gets updated. For receiving twitter updates twitter user needs to follow @trackingyounow account which will provide updates though direct messages. Gtalk user will receive updates as chat messages from [email protected].

Features:
Provides location update notifications on Google Talk, twitter and email accounts 
Can share your track with others 
App runs as background service, you can leave it running 24x7 
Manage your location history 

Privacy:
Your location data is only available to you and the accounts you wish to notify to. There is an option to share your track data through URL with anyone you wish to. But that link is valid only for the current calendar day making sure that your privacy is protected next day onward. Finally app user has right to enable/disable tracking when s/he desires to.