I will find you!

I think Amy will like this post as she posted about her love of her blackberry for keeping up with news, events and peoples lives.

Good Latitudes, Google’s latest application. What is it you ask? Well its a way you can see where you friends are on Google maps right on your phone, or on iGoogle but having it on you phone is “cooler” as they say. Mind you, you have to have a compatible phone (Blackberry, Windows Mobile devices and of iPhone/touch as well as some others) and a Data package unless you want to pay the big bucks just to know where your friends are and in this town seems kind of ridiculous. As I signed up (because I like these little helpful invention Google does so well at coming up with) I started thinking about it who I would be able to see. Then it hit me, I don’t actually think any of my closer friends have data plan none the less compatible phone but I continue on because curiosity is still leading me. I download Google Maps on to my phone and activate Latitudes.  I then try to activate my phone number, but no such luck. What is suppose to happen is I verify my number in Mobile Google Maps it is then suppose to send me a SMS with the verification code which I enter and all is good. Except I have yet to receive said SMS …….. 3 hours later still nothing.  I thought I would be able to go onto iGoogle and it would work with no issues. Nope, wrong again! I nice message popped up instead of the map saying “Google Latitudes is not supported for your current location” followed by a less than enthusiastic sad face …………..

Okay What! Lets think about that for a second here. They do not support our location, are our Cell Networks to slow or something. I don’t understand how you just can not support it WAY up here. There shouldn’t be any difference in us and “You People” down in San Francisco. As far as I’m aware, yes our cell network up here is probably slower but isn’t it just like the difference between Dial-up, DSL and Fibre. All different speeds but all work the same?  In other news Google and NASA released Virtual Exploration of Mars. In a made up quote by me they said this:

We can explore the full of Mars, but have a hard time finding Yellowknife. Its not like were Rocket Scientist and Technology Developers or some anything.

I’m pretty sure I live in the wrong part of Canada, okay wait scratch that. I’m pretty sure I live in the wrong Country when it come to my above average interest in Technology and its advancements.