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"In the annual race to score the most candy on Halloween night, kids can easily lose their way. App developer Iconosys has updated its family tracking app to include a safety compass that points children in the direction of home.\nIts Trick or Tracker app links a parent's and child's phone and uses each phone's GPS capabilities to monitor locations. If parents leave the house to visit a neighbor, the compass will point in the direction of the parents' location. Children must have an Android phone, but parents don't need one. They can use their iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows 7 phone.\nParents can set a boundary or geo-fence by specifying an acceptable radius around the home on the app's map. If a child wanders out of range, the parent will receive a text message alert. Also, curfews can be enforced through Trick or Tracker. A \"latchkey kid\" feature sends an alert to the parent's phone when children arrive at the door.\nOn a lighter note, the child's app has a flashlight for illuminating dark pathways or finding that special treat at the bottom of a full pillowcase of loot. Kids can choose from white, glow-stick neon colors or other holiday hues.\nTrick or Tracker 3.0 is available for download from TrickorTracker.com or from the Amazon App Store. The app costs $5 for a lifetime license. And though the app has a Halloween theme, its useful safety features won't disappear at the stroke of midnight \u2014 it works all year long.\nExtra treat: Wondering which neighborhoods are the best for trick-or-treating? Zillow, a real estate app developer, recently released its fourth annual Trick-or-Treat Index. Results reveal the top 20 cities in terms of providing the most candy and the safest environment.\n\n\nImage courtesy of Flickr, stevendepolo"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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