Mommy wants to know where her kid is

"Tracking devices make me uneasy, but I have to defer to parental paranoia, which requires knowing where your children are. A watch/tracker/phone, Filip, may help."

I find Filip less odious that most tracking devices. This may be partly because of the bright colors and appealingly goofy oversize design. Available in red, hot pink, bright green and blue, it has a chunky charm.

To use the phone, you install the free Filip app on a parent’s Android or iOS device. Then you link to the Filip itself. You can follow the locations of up to five of the Filip devices. You can also set a “safe zone,” which is the distance a Filip can travel before your phone receives an alert.

A couple of possibilities on why the company settled on the name Filip.

fil·lip
noun

1 something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity

2 archaic a movement made by bending the last joint of a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger

verb
(fillips, filliping, filliped)
[with object] archaic

propel (a small object) with a flick of the finger 

The Urban "Filip" could not possibly be the source of inspiration for the gadgets name... or could it? 

The very essence of sexyness, has very much money, and makes it rain on them hoes. also likes to wear alot of gold.

Filip also is a word that can also be used instead of "chick magnet" 

Then we sent trackers to track your trackers

All your trackers are belong to us!

David Brock's super PAC American Bridge will double their trackers from 45 to 90 including 50 full-time trackers to monitor GOP candidates throughout the country. Already prepared oppo books on 20 Republicans, the group is broadening its focus.

Bridge raised about $3 million the first six months of 2013, it plans a budget of up to $18 million.

Trackers have recorded over 1,000 events featuring Republican candidates, going into a library searchable by candidate, topic, keyword.

Announce the launch of Correct The Record website to defend from GOP smears

The author already imagines the parodies.

The vampires have trackers. The immortals have trackers. The GOP has David Brock, David Brock has satirists, satirists have their mums... it's like an eternal circle.

Mandy Nagy on legalinsurrection.

from politico