Google could have saved Hansel and Gretel with My Tracks
Thu, Feb 12th, 2009 |
In the Grimm fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, the children leave a trail of breadcrumbs as they walk into the woods so they can mark where they’ve been and remember the way back. Unfortunately, some animals eat those breadcrumbs and the children stray to a witch’s house who tries to eat them. Had Hansel and Gretel just had a G1 phone, they might have been saved.
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