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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
University of Minnesota researchers link tau to Alzheimer's disease
In a study published in the journal Neuron, researchers say that an early buildup of tau in the dendritic spines, a region of the brain responsible for electrochemical stimulation, can cause memory loss by disrupting communications between brain cells.
Tau has long been considered an early biomarker for the onset of Alzheimer's. By forging a direct link between tau and a specific brain area and function, researchers could possibly design ways to treat Alzheimer's before it significantly damages the brain.
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Code Amber Alertag | How It Works | | Electronic Medical Records | Digital Medical Records | EMR
Over 100,000 people die every year from preventable medical errors. That makes this the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. Over 90% of those errors could have been avoided if the EMT or doctor had quick and easy access to vital information about the patient when first treated.
Emergency personnel are trained to look for Emergency Medical Information when they arrive on the scene. Unfortunately, they rarely find it. With Code Amber Alertag they can access the medical information you chose to make available, including dangerous allergic reactions,
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
750,000 USERS in 100 COUNTRIES GPS TRACKING APPS LEADER, GTX Corp, LAUNCHES NEW Check-In APP
Los Angeles, California November 15, 2010--GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) business unit LOCiMOBILE, Inc. crossed over 750,000 users in 100 countries and has launched yet another GPS and personal location - based (PLS) “app” advancing its leadership position in the growing mobile LBS market.
There is no escaping the buzz surrounding the latest craze of “checking-in” and the “i” phenomenon - iPhone, iPad, iPod, so what better name for the GTX’s new iPhone app but, iCheck-In ™. Keeping you connected with one push of a button for about the cost of a latte, iCheck-In ™,
is the fastest and easiest way to “check-in” and stay connected to everyone in your mobile contact list and your Facebook friends. The recipient of your iCheck-In™ does not need an app as the “check-ins” are sent by e-mail or right to your Facebook wall. This unique feature expands the checking-in concept far beyond app to app and smartphone to smartphone. Now with one push of a button, your boss, your grandma, your old college buddies or FB friends will be sent a message and a Google map, to see where you are and receive turn by turn directions to meet you providing the fastest and most ubiquitous way to stay connected and “check-In.”
With an estimated 1 billion smartphones by 2014 and Samsung on track to deliver 40 million feature phones and 1 million tablets in 2011, joining the tablet race with Apple, RIM and Skytex; the mobile LBS market is going to become disruptive technology and could see revenues to more than 12.7 billion. Looking forward towards 2011, GTX Corp will continue to leverage this rapidly growing market and introduce new applications in e-Health and apps that will run across various platforms and devices from smartphones to tablets to TV’s.
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About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing and award winning patented GPS Smart Shoe and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location based social networking (LBSN) mobile applications for smartphones, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the PLS Market through its diverse product platform, licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market and strategic partners.
For information regarding GTX Corp: www.gtxcorp.com please contact:
Media Contact:
Suzy Ginsburg
713.334.2357
suzy@gcomworks.com
Investor Relations
213.489.3019 ext 646
ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document
will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held
responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Podcast: Andrew Carle on Elder Tech Trends
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Monday, November 1, 2010
GTX CORP LAUNCHES LOCALIZED ENTERPRISE PORTAL & EXPANDS GPS TRACKING SERVICES INTO MEXICO AND SURROUNDING TERRITORIES WITH NEW PARTNERS
Los Angeles, CA – November 1, 2010 – GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), known for its award winning, multi patent GPS Smart Shoe™ and a leader in customizable, two-way GPS Tracking Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions, launched its enterprise tracking portal in Spanish to meet the growing demand from Latin America. Offering a robust GPS and cellular location middleware platform that enables subscribers to track in real time the whereabouts of people, pets, vehicles or high valued assets, the Company is opening up new markets by licensing its technology to strategic partners in Mexico, Central and South America.
GTX’s VP of Business Development Carlos BriceƱo said “These latest milestones further expand our strategic initiative to increase our global penetration with customization, localization and optimization, while our partnerships validate our licensing model.”
GTX Corp has spent the past year developing an aggressive mobile application and embedded hardware strategy and launched localized language versions of its enterprise portal and Apps to give the customer what they want and need in today’s global market. ,
Advancing its global footprint and generating new revenues for both companies, GTX Corp’s GPS technology platform is being commercialized by PEACE OF MIND FOR LATINAMERICA SA de CV, headquartered in Cancun Mexico. The Company signed a licensing agreement with Peace of Mind, followed by its first order and will begin shipping this month. GTX Corp has been selling hardware into Mexico since 2009 but this will be the first time the actual GTX Corp middleware and portal platform will be localized in Spanish and commercialized in Mexico.
Luis Romo, Peace of Mind Marketing Director states “Our goal is to provide products and services that help locate people and assets and we are very excited about the opportunity to expand the GTX platform into our country. GTX has a deep understanding of the industry, a diverse product line and their Spanish speaking sales and technical people have been a pleasure to work with.”
About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (GTXO) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented miniaturized GPS tracking device in a shoe – the GPS Smart Shoe ™ and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you stay connected and know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops mobile applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the growing GPS tracking PLS market through its diverse product platform, licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market, strategic partnerships and focus on customization, optimization and localization.
Media Contact:
Suzy Ginsburg
713.334.2357
suzy@gcomworks.com
Investor Relations
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ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document
will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held
responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The Aetrex GPS Shoe at the NY and NJ Memory Walk
The rapid evolution of Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) tracking technology is producing new applications of particular interest to seniors, their families, and caregivers. One of the most active companies in this space is GTX Corp. GTX is the company behind the patented GPS Smart Shoe™ , in partnership with footwear manufacturer Aetrex Worldwide. The shoe was developed to provide peace of mind for families with senior-age loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
GTX is also researching other applications, including something Bertagna calls "eHealth." What he means by that is remote monitoring technologies that not only tell you a person’s location, but also their vital signs from far away.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
GPS Smart Shoe™ Wins 2010 Peoples Choice Award Keeping you connected to whom and what matters most
Los Angeles, California October 12, 2010--GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) has won the prestigious 2010 People’s Choice Award for Most Innovative Connected Location Device at the 4th Annual Locations & Beyond Summit this past week.
“We are honored to have won this prestigious award and look forward to continue to bring innovative and game changing technologies that transform how we utilize GPS tracking and stay connected to one another” says Patrick Bertagna, CEO and founder of GTX Corp. “GTX is known for its ground breaking and now award winning patented GPS Smart Shoe and its block buster Smartphone GPS Tracking Apps and continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting GPS tracking applications that help you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button.”
The theme of this year’s Locations & Beyond Summit was “Connecting everything, everyone, and every place in a location-aware world,” where the future of the industry, the latest innovations, growth potential, and latest services and products were discussed.
“The Locations & Beyond Summit is quickly developing a reputation as one of the foremost strategic forums for the key decision makers of the connected location industry, and the People’s Choice award winners reflect their judgment on how well they demonstrated the benefits of using the power of location to enhance the daily lives of individuals, enterprises and industries,” said Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer and board member of CSR and founder of SiRF. “We congratulate GTX Corp for being chosen by these top global location industry executives for the Most Innovative Connected Location Device category, and look forward to the unique contribution they will make to the evolution of the location industry.”
Attending the evening award ceremony were industry executives from AT&T, T-Mobile, SiRF, CSR and a host of other industry leaders, who also attended the CTIA show to exchange ideas about the convergence of connectivity and location-based services; something GTX Corp has been at the forefront for 8 years and now awarded by its peers in the industry.
About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented miniaturized GPS tracking device in a shoe – the GPS Smart Shoe ™ and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you stay connected and know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location based social networks (LBSN) mobile applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the growing GPS tracking PLS market through its diverse product platform, licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market, strategic partnerships and focus on customization, optimization and localization.
For more information: www.gtxcorp.com
Media Contact:
Suzy Ginsburg
713.334.2357
suzy@gcomworks.com
Investor Relations:
213.489.3019 ext 646
ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
With 675,000 DOWNLOADS in 91 COUNTRIES GPS TRACKING APPS LEADER GTX Corp LAUNCHES 3 NEW GPS AND LBS APPS
GPS Tracking Apps keep you connected to everyone, everywhere…
Los Angeles, California September 28, 2010--GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) business unit LOCiMOBILE, Inc. is launching a series of GPS and personal location - based “apps” and web services solidifying its leadership position in the mobile LBS market, which mobile carriers are calling “Pure Gold”.
The new apps all have a GPS component and are designed to add the “where is” factor to functionality. A potential block-buster, the Company launched on the Android market place Phone Tracking ™ in case you loose or misplace your phone. More than 70 million phones are reported lost or stolen in the US each year but while the loss of a phone may be annoying the loss of personal and business data could be devastating. This $4.99 app is designed to work in the background and can be activated to turn on remotely in the event you misplace your phone. The real-time tracking and recovery feature is activated by either texting your phone or by going to the Company viewing portal www.gpstrackingapps.com The cool part is this app is actually activated remotely by texting your phone a PIN or password. Upon receipt of the password your phone will begin sending its location coordinates back to the website every minute or to the phone you are texting from, after each text request.
The Company is also about to launch a new live tracking version of its popular Tracking App which will work in the background on Apples 4.0 OS. Live Tracking ™ already available on Android and BB will be part of the web-based service and offers cross-platform, real-time GPS tracking of friends and family, kids and co-workers.
Entering the photography category GPS Camera ™ which GEO tags and time stamps your photos and enables you to upload them to Facebook or email to friends is expected to go live on iTunes any day. “The ability to see all your digital pictures 5 years from now, displaying exactly where and when that great shot was taken, is a modern adaptation of our parents writing on the back of that old black and white photo (Grand Canyon Spring 1977)” said Carlos Briceno VP of Business Development.
With Juniper Research supporting the theory that mobile LBS is going to become disruptive technology and could drive revenues to more than 12.7 billion with 1 billion smart phones by 2014, the Company is aggressively increasing app development and launching new apps, positioning for a strong presence in the mobile market with a diverse product line, increased global user base, brand recognition and revenues.
About GTX Corp with you ®GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented micro GPS device in a shoe – the patented GPS Smart Shoe™ and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location based social networks (LBSN) mobile applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the PLS Market through its diverse product platform, licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market and strategic partners.
For information regarding GTX Corp: www.gtxcorp.com please contact:
MEDIA: Suzy Ginsburg,
713.334.2357
suzy@gcomworks.com
Investor Relations:
213.489.3019 ext 646
ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document
will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held
responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third partiesWednesday, September 22, 2010
Do you know what the Most Innovative Location Device is?
No it’s not a compass or an astrolabe. It’s not semaphore or a smoke signal. Not an RFID tag or a neon sign or phosphorous flare either.
Give up?
It’s the GPS Smart Shoe™ recently mentioned in Forbes Magazine, developed by GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) and licensed to Aetrex Worldwide. Yes, a shoe…well a very smart shoe as it can tell a caregiver the precise location, bearing, history, speed and altitude of an Alzheimer’s victim that has eloped or wandered. No small feat – pun intended – to reduce the overwhelming stress on the millions of victim caregivers while potentially saving thousands from injuries and death owing to exposure, accidents and criminal activity. The GPS Shoe also reduces the manpower drain on municipal services; fire, police and welfare agencies often enlisted to locate the mentally ill.
While a Finalist in the Most Innovative Location Device category of the Locations & Beyond Summit and the People’s Choice Awards is a wonderful acknowledgment for the years GTXO invested in developing the solution and the promise that Aetrex has made in bringing the Shoe to market…the real winners are those touched by this devastating disease for which there is no cure, but now have a new measure of hope.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
GPS Smart Shoe™ Nominated for Most Innovative Location Device
Los Angeles, California September 21, 2010--GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) has been selected as a Finalist in the Most Innovative Location Device category of the Locations & Beyond Summit and the People’s Choice Awards. The audience at the Summit will vote and The People’s Choice Award winners will be announced on October 6, 2010 at the 4th Annual Locations & Beyond Summit Awards ceremony in San Francisco at the St. Regis Hotel, during the CTIA Wireless Enterprise and Applications 2010 conference. “I would like to congratulate GTX Corp for being chosen as a Fast-Pitch finalist for the Most Innovative Location Device category, and I wish them the best of luck in being chosen for a People’s Choice Award by the Summit attendees,” said Kanwar Chadha, chief marketing officer and board member of CSR and founder of SiRF. “Locations & Beyond Summit is a strategic forum for the key decision makers of the connected location industry to have thought provoking discussions on the future of our industry, and Fast-Pitch finalists represent the cutting-edge technologies, products services that have the potential to transform our industry.”
The annual Locations & Beyond summit, formerly known as Location 2.0, is the platform where the local business leaders gather to discuss the current and future trends, share ideas, elaborate the innovations and create an integrated approach to resolve issues which are of common interest. Despite being young, the summit has gained immense prominence in the industry circle because of the convergence of knowledge, technology, people and innovations in a single stage.
“GTX Corp and Aetrex have been gearing up for the launch of the patented GPS Smart Shoe ™, and we are thrilled to be recognized as a technological leader with this nomination for most innovative location device in 2010,” says Patrick Bertagna, CEO and founder of GTX Corp.
GTX Corp delivers innovative 2 way GPS tracking solutions through their licensing models and direct to consumer channels on the iPhone and Android App markets.
About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented micro GPS tracking device in a shoe – the GPS Smart Shoe ™ and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you stay connected and know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location based social networks (LBSN) mobile applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the PLS Market through its diverse product platform, licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market and strategic partners.
For more information: www.gtxcorp.com
Media Contact:
Suzy Ginsburg
713.334.2357
suzy@gcomworks.com
Investor Relations:
213.489.3019 ext 646
ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document
will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held
responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.
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19.2 Billion or 20 bucks?
The government has mandated that all medical records be converted from paper to digital records over the next few years. They have also budgeted 19.2 billion dollars in stimulus money to be handed out to help defray the cost of doing so. Those are your tax dollars by the way. The cost could rise to over 27 billion dollars over the next 10 years.
"A big part of where the government is going is to try to make the data flow more freely amongst providers and hospitals so that your data goes with you instead of staying with the hospital or doctor," said Dr. Michael Swiernik, UCLA Director of Medical Information.
Sounds great, right? But what actually has to happen to make it work?
Currently, some hospitals are making their patient information systems available to their participating doctors so the medical records can be shared and updated between them. It’s a start but not how the program is supposed to work. See Dr. Swiernik’s statement above. Your data is supposed to go with you, not just “staying with the hospital or doctor”.
For the program to work as proposed there has to be a centralized data base that contains all of the electronic medical records for every patient that is accessible by every doctor, clinic, hospital etc. Also, each doctor, hospital, clinic etc. must update the database anytime the patient’s information changes. Updates are the easy part.
Each health care provider must input the patients’ information to create the database. There is the rub. Who goes first? Who starts the process of putting your medical records into the database? How is the database accessed? What equipment is required? How does your doctor get registered as an authorized health care provider in the system?
Do you think that your doctor has the staff or the time and equipment to input every one of their patients' information into that database? Probably not.
Here is a simple $20 solution to a multi billion dollar problem - Code Amber Alertag.
My personal medical records are available to any doctor, hospital, emergency room, EMT or clinic I choose to give access. Anywhere in the world.
When I got my Alertag I simply went to the web site and entered my personal medical information into the secure (256 bit encryption – just like my bank) server. There are two types of information, public and private.
The public information is accessible by entering my ten digit security code on the secure web page and is intended to be used by emergency personnel, like EMT’s and emergency room staff, if I am in an accident or otherwise incapacitated. Public information includes any allergies, conditions, treatments or my current medications. This information enables emergency personnel to treat me appropriately based on my current information.
The public information also provides emergency contact information so they can contact my wife for access to my private records, by entering my PIN on the secure web site, if I can’t give it to them and they need additional information on my conditions. And my wife will be glad to know where I am and that I am being taken care of properly.
My private medical records area contains extensive information regarding my medical history over my entire life time. All of this information I entered myself, including images of old x-rays, and now can be maintained by me and my doctors.
Of course I also got Alertags for my wife, my daughter, son-in-law and my two beautiful granddaughters.
To sum it up we are in total control of our personal medical records and you can be too. They are available instantly anywhere in the world and it only cost me 20 bucks each.
So that’s how you can solve a 19 billion dollar problem with a $20 product.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Dear GTX Corp,
I was lucky enough to have been lent one of your GL 100 LOCi GPS tracking devices for a recent high school project. It worked tremendously and I want to describe the experience for you.
On May 22nd, 2010, a balloon containing probes and an HD video camera constructed by 12 students at The Bay School of San Francisco was launched from
In order to observe the movements vertically and horizontally of the balloon, including locating its landing spot so that recovery could be achieved, the team of students used three separate methods to track the travel of the near space balloon. One of these methods was the use of a LOCi tracker. This device, only a couple inches in length, is a new design from GTX Corp (GTXO) using a multi-step process to track whatever it is attached to in real time. The first operation is to figure out its location by triangulation from satellites, using standard GPS technology. It then broadcasts its location in cellular wave format, using standard cell towers to get the information back to GTX’s servers, where the location is stored for the end user to see via GTX’s website.
Traveling up to 75,000 feet in the air, and surviving under the extreme conditions that prevail there is an extreme challenge for any electronic device, but the LOCi tracker preformed admirably, recording its location and sending out its location whenever it was possible to establish a connection to a cell tower. When the balloon had traveled to a certain height, it was impossible to reach down to the cell towers which were not designed for this purpose, so there is a temporary blank spot on the map when this occurred, however, after the balloon ascended to within range of a cell tower, it immediately began re-broadcasting.
The LOCi tracker worked remarkably well in finding its location and sending it back out so that from anywhere in the world, we could view its location via internet. The genius of the design is in the simplicity. There is very few ways for this to go wrong, and we did not experience any of it. Without accurate tracking on the balloon, we not only would not have known its height and travel pattern, but we also never would have found where it landed, which was necessary to recover the recorded video. The LOCi tracker never failed in this regard.
Here is a webpage including information about, and a video of, the flight of the near space balloon: http://ikaros.xrg.us/.
Robin
Age 16, Junior The
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Smartphone App Market to Be Worth $15B
Smart phone applications have revolutionized the ways in which users access documents and information and conduct day-to-day business tasks. The apps have revolutionized the ways in which we communicate – both in our personal and corporate channels – and technology is at our fingertips more than ever.
The exponential growth is a culmination of developing technologies from Apple and their proprietary iTunes store, the Android Market by Google, and other mobile app stores that include Blackberry’s App World by Research in Motion.
But these are massive companies that have already enjoyed reaping the benefits from the growth of the app market. At WMM, we discover the little guys. We uncover and then cover companies with small market caps who are on the forefront of some explosive industry fulfilling some voided niche with powerful technology.
GTX Corporation companies. GTX develops and integrates 2 way GPS people finding technologies which seamlessly integrate with consumer products and enterprise applications. LociMobile, a GPS tracking application for iPhone, Samsung, and Blackberry smart phone devices, hit #2 on the iTunes top grossing chart with 600k downloads in 84 countries.
On August 17th, GTX Corporation and Samsung signed a definitive agreement to deliver the LociMobile GPS tracking application to 40 million more phones on the new Scotia model phones. GTXO has also developed a patented micro GPS device for a smart shoe that can be used to track Alzheimer’s patients. The shoe has garnered numerous media attention and the collected and gathered articles can be found on the GTX Corporation Investor Relations website.
This is the story of a company who’s answering the demand for personal GPS tracking software and applications, entering into a market that is expected to grow five-fold over the next three years.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
When You Travel do You Carry Your Medical Records With You?
Your personal medical records are back home in your Doctor's office in a file on a shelf. Worse yet, your Doctor's office is closed and they can only help you if the answering service can contact them right away and your Doctor can remember enough about your medications, allergies and any conditions your are being treated for to help your attending physician, or Emergency Medical Technician, with the proper course of treatment. It could be worse, if you are unconscious or incapacitated and cannot speak for yourself, the attending medical professional would not even know whom to try to contact, leaving them no option but to do their best with no pertinent information about you or your current condition.
When time is of the essence, the above scenario is unacceptable and could cost you, or a loved one, their life.
Over 100,000 people die every year from preventable medical errors. That makes this the fifth leading cause of death in the United States alone. Over 90% of those errors could have been avoided if the EMT or doctor had quick and easy access to vital information about the patient when first treated.
Emergency personnel are trained to look for Emergency Medical Information when they arrive on the scene. Unfortunately, they rarely find it.
Fortunately, you have a secure and affordable solution for you and your family that will protect you world wide.
The Code Amber Alertag is always with you and provides secure access (256 bit encryption, the same as your bank uses) to your Personal Medical Records electronically within seconds from anywhere in the world from any Internet enabled device including smart phones. Literally everything a Doctor or EMT would need to know in order to treat you or a family member at their finger tips in seconds.
Code Amber Alertag, never leave home without it.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
SAMSUNG AND GTX CORP SIGN DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO DELIVER GPS TRACKING APPS TO 40 MILLION NEW PHONES
Samsung Users Join Growing Community of Location-Based Social
Networking and Share "Where" Anywhere with GPS Tracking Apps
Los Angeles, CA, August 17, 2010—As it crosses 600,000 downloads in 84 countries, LOCiMOBILE®, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), has inked a deal with Samsung Electronics Co, Ltd., the world's second-largest handset manufacturer in 2009 with sales of more than 235 million units (source, Gartner February 2010) to deliver its family of GPS Tracking Apps to Samsung’s new line of smartphones and bada platform.
Samsung, a leading mobile phone provider, launched its own open mobile platform, Samsung bada, in December 2009. This new addition to Samsung's mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones, and offers consumers a fun and diverse mobile experience. Samsung chose the name “bada”—which means “ocean” in Korean—to convey the limitless variety of potential applications that can be created using their new platform.
In the agreement, GTX Corp will develop versions of its tremendously popular GPS Tracking apps specifically for mobile phones that will run Samsung's new bada operating system. GTX expects its GPS Tracking apps to be featured for sale on the Samsung Application Store beginning in October 2010. Of the 40 million estimated Samsung handsets expected to ship between now and mid-2011, 15-20 million will be the new “
“The Samsung bada platform further advances our march towards universal availability for our people-finder apps," says GTX Corp CEO Patrick Bertagna. “We're delighted to have been asked by Samsung to participate in this new market and add the bada platform to our current list along with Apple, Android and RIM. We anticipate bada to be huge out of the gate and a tremendous boost to our business in the
GTX Corp’s announcement follows on the heels of an 89% increase in its revenues over the previous quarter and a number of recent software and hardware deals, including the launch of its new consumer based social networking portal www.gpstrackingapps.com. The company also formally launched its GPS Tracking app for the iPad several weeks ago and has already updated that app to version 1.1, and is launching a new GPS camera app this coming month, which will continue to add value to the growing suite of LOCiMOBILE GPS apps.
On the hardware side, developments include embedding miniaturized GPS tracking devices in the Aetrex Ambulator® GPS shoe, which just debuted to the trade at the WSA Show in Las Vegas, and for packages with international shipper MNX.
“We aim to continually drive developments that increase the value and strength of our Company, concludes Bertagna. The Samsung agreement vastly increases our visibility in the US and abroad, and further validates our GPS Tracking model of letting consumer and business users get the answer to ‘Where is my friend, co–worker, family member or high-value asset?’ with one push of a button.”
ABI Research predicts that more than 550 million GPS-enabled handsets will be shipped by 2012. LOCiMOBILE®, with 10 GPS apps on the market and 3 more in development across 4 major platforms, continues to gain traction and momentum in what is estimated to be a $29 billion dollar market by end of 2013.
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About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented micro GPS device in a shoe - the patented smart shoe and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App, recently featured in Los Angeles Business Journal and which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo-specific and proximity alerting applications that help you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location-based social networks (LBSN) applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and the Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the PLS Market through its diverse product platform licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market and strategic partners.
For information regarding GTX Corp: www.gtxcorp.com please contact
Henry Eshelman
Public Relations
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heshelman@platformgrp.com
Investor Relations
213.489.3019 ext 646
ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Louisville parent uses GPS to track missing child - FOX41.com Louisville News Kentucky Indiana News Weather Sports
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) -- Police say technology came to the rescue when a parent was able to use her missing 16-year-old's cell phone GPS to track him down.
According to an arrest report obtained by Fox 41 News, police were dispatched to the 9000 block of Blossom Lane Tuesday evening after the mother told them she had used the GPS to track her missing son to that location.
Get free GPS software for iPhone, Android and Black Berry at LOCiMOBILE
Monday, August 9, 2010
AT&T Launches QR Code Scanning App for BlackBerry and Android
We’ve talked a lot about how QR codes are poised to take off in the mainstream and now AT&T is jumping on the bandwagon with a new set of tools for Android and BlackBerry phones.
The company has just announced its AT&T Code Scanner application and its AT&T Create-a-Code service. Code Scanner is a free app for BlackBerry and Android (Android) devices that scans both 2D (QR and datamatrix) and 1D (UPC and EAN) barcodes. You can get it from the BlackBerry App World or the Android Market (Android Market) or by going to http://scan.mobi/ on your mobile device.
Information on the Code Amber Alertag is instantly accessible by scanning the QR code on the Alertag.
Friday, August 6, 2010
AETREX AMBULATOR® GPS SMART SHOE DEBUTS AT WSA SHOE SHOW BOOTH 2726
Venetian and Sands Expo Center
www.gtxcorp.com www.aetrex.com www.gpsshoe.com
Los Angeles, CA – August 6, 2010 – GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO), a leader in customizable, patented two-way GPS Tracking Personal Location Services (PLS) solutions with Aetrex Worldwide, Inc. (www.aetrex.com), a leading maker of orthotic and therapeutic shoes debuts the patented GPS tracking smart shoe Ambulator ® collection at the World Shoe Association Show. The Aetrex Ambulator® collection brings a durable, reliable solution for monitoring the location of the 5.3 million seniors in the
The Aetrex GPS-enabled shoes provide caregivers and loved ones a safe, unobtrusive means to easily find those afflicted with Alzheimer’s that might wander and become lost. GTX Corp’s eighteen patents and patents pending for the GPS tracking technology cover a GPS transceiver module that is placed within the shoe, a module that transmits the wearer’s location coordinates to a central monitoring station, proprietary software, cellular connectivity, the GTX Corp middleware platform and secure viewing portal. Aetrex will initially offer the shoe through their e-commerce websites www.foot.com and the GTX Crop website www.gpsshoe.com along with a select group of assisted living facilities.
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About GTX Corp with you ®
GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO.OB) a leader in embedded real-time GPS Tracking personal location services (PLS) was founded in 2002 and is based in Los Angeles, California. Known for its game changing patented micro GPS device in a shoe – the patented smart shoe and its block buster smartphone GPS Tracking App which hit number two on the iTunes top grossing chart, the Company continues to pave the way with innovative geo specific and proximity alerting applications that help you know where someone or something is at the touch of a button. Committed to being the "better people finder", GTX Corp owns and operates LOCiMOBILE, Inc. which develops location based social networks (LBSN) applications for smart phones, Code Amber News Service, and the Code Amber Alertag. The Company has an aggressive intellectual property strategy and owns an extensive portfolio of patents, patents pending, registered trademarks, copyrights and website properties. GTX Corp is well positioned to capture the PLS Market through its diverse product platform licensing model, brand recognition, traction in the market and strategic partners.
For information regarding GTX Corp: www.gtxcorp.com please contact Henry Eshelman, Public Relations, 323.337.9042 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 323.337.9042 end_of_the_skype_highlighting,
heshelman@platformgrp.com; Investor Relations 213.489.3019 ext 646, ir@gtxcorp.com
GTX Corp does not warrant or represent that the unauthorized use of materials drawn from the content of this document
will not infringe rights of third parties who are not owned or affiliated by GTX Corp. Further GTX Corp cannot be held
responsible or liable for the unauthorized use of this document’s content by third parties.