This clever animation shows how the human traffic flows in and around London, with map maker Oliver O'Brien combining touch-in and touch-out Oyster Card data into a lovely flowing animation he calls Tidal Flow. It tracks data at 10 minute intervals during the day, as traveller numbers increase from just about bearable to apocalyptic levels of forced physical closeness. [Now Here This] Read More >>

This may sound a little far fetched, but a gesture research company called Eyesight is offering up a purely software-based solution for tracking your delicate little digits. It uses your device's existing camera to track the movement of your hands, and specifically, your fingertips. It's like Kinect condensed down, and supposedly sensitive enough to monitor a single finger at up to 5-metres away. Read More >>

We know Facebook ads are tracking us, we just don't always know which ones. But that process is about to get more transparent because Facebook is going to start labeling the ads you see based on past behaviour. Read More >>

Here's something that sounds incredibly scary but in reality is probably just slightly scary and overblown: Bloomberg says Facebook is working on a new app that will follow you around via smartphone, reporting your moves to friends. Creepy? Convenient? Both? Neither? Read More >>

Following the shock news of NORAD ditching Google's mapping tools and embracing Bing to power its Santa tracking site, we now have a new in-house Google option to keep track of whose mince pies Father Christmas is currently wolfing down. Read More >>

The popular kiddie Santa-tracker offered by NORAD has taken sides in the internet search war, dumping its affiliation with Google in favour of using Bing and Microsoft's maps to track Father Christmas this year. Read More >>

If you still use Internet Explorer, there's more to worry about than a crappy browsing experience. Microsoft has confirmed that it's looking in to a "mouse tracking" flaw, which affects IE 6 through 10. Read More >>

You'd have thought that the supermarkets, what with their club card and electronic tracking of your every move, might be the biggest stalkers, but no. Apparently Microsoft's the worst offender of them all, closely followed by Apple, and, err, Dell. Read More >>

A husband has tracked down a man, who allegedly raped his wife as a school girl, using the power of Facebook alone. If you're on Facebook, and someone wants to track you down, there really is no escape. Read More >>

Business Insider is reporting that Apple's launch of iOS 6 brings with it not just Passbook and bad maps, but a new means of tracking user activity, too. Read More >>

Your brand new YouView box is going to be tracking your every move, err, watch. The internet-connected box will tell broadcasters that, yes, you do actually watch I'm a Celebrity and EastEnders, no matter how many times you tell people you don't. Read More >>

A new update to Google Maps will soon let companies track their staff, automatically generating map data of their whereabouts. If you said you're at home in bed, you'd better be at home in bed. Or at least have left your phone on your pillow. Read More >>

Remember when a couple of researchers uncovered that Apple was tracking your every move with that iPhone you have in your pocket? Well now it's going to have to deal with a full-blown lawsuit for the privilege of spying on you. Read More >>

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will offer a new tool allowing developers to track who is using their apps. What could possibly go wrong? Read More >>

There are plenty of cool GPS data projects in existence, but this is one of the most beautiful I've seen: three whole years of location data, taken from an iPhone. Read More >>