A plan to use millions of smartphones to map out real-time variations in Earth’s ionosphere has been tested by researchers in the US. Developed by Brian Williams and colleagues at Google Research in ...

Google staff are being investigated over a Global Positioning System (GPS) failure that led a family to drive off an ...

Apple and Fitbit are two of the biggest names in the wearables business, but they take drastically different approaches to ...

Google Maps has quietly altered how incident reports work, with a new "Police" option that replaces speed traps.

A bridge in India was marked as safe to cross on Google Maps, despite being washed away by flooding earlier this year ...

A nice quality-of-life improvement for Google Maps on Android and iOS are new stair “callouts” when getting walking directions.

Discover the ultimate showdown between Google Maps, Bing Maps, and Apple Maps in 2024. Compare features, usability and ...

Three men in India died after Google Maps reportedly told them to drive their taxi off an incomplete bridge spanning the Ramganga River. Portions of the bridge were washed away during a flood months ...

Tragedy struck when three men died after their car rolled over an under-construction bridge, misled by GPS directions. Police ...

In the latest episode of Blueprint Explosive Exclusive, Meghna Deka discusses horrific incident in Uttar Pradesh. Three people died after their Google Maps wrongly led their car to an ...

Google keeps refining the incident reporting component in Google Maps, and the latest tweak is aimed at the most sought-after ...

What if GPS had existed in 1565? No satellites or microelectronics, sure—but let’s play along. Imagine the bustling streets ...