You can track your kids on Halloween with smartphone apps

Oct. 20, 2011 6:57 PM PT

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Smartphones with GPS tracking features help people navigate, find nearby restaurants and inform friends of their whereabouts. They can also come in handy for parents worried about keeping tabs on their kids during Halloween.

A handful of smartphone apps enable parents to receive timely updates about where their youngsters are. Below, technology reporter Shan Li explains some of the popular apps on the market.

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Apps help parents keep track of children on Halloween

-- Shan Li

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Shan Li

Shan Li covered the retail and restaurant industries for the Los Angeles Times. She previously reported on the California economy and the technology sector. A Texas native, she graduated from the business school at New York University, where she decided journalism was much more interesting than a job on Wall Street. She left The Times in 2017.

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