Google is set on Wednesday to launch a new feature in its Google Maps for Mobile program that automatically sets your location even in phones that lack a global positioning system (GPS) device. Until ...

Google's mapping application for mobile phones is now able to give a user's approximate location without the need for their handset to be GPS-enabled. Until now, to derive location, the Google Maps ...

If you want Google Maps to work properly and provide navigation to a certain destination, the app needs to know where you are and be able to follow you every time you use it. As such, one of the ...

Many smartphone users assume that turning off GPS completely hides their location. However, Google can still estimate where you are through various indirect signals. From Wi-Fi networks to mobile ...

Google Maps and Waze are spearheading the mobile navigation software space, and every little bug they hit could be bad news for lots of drivers. Given both are owned by Google, most users out there ...

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There’s a constant balancing act taking place on the smartphones that run our lives—privacy versus convenience. On the one hand, we can’t get enough of the easy-button lifestyle hacks that make ...

Google Maps is one of the most useful apps in an Android device. For most Android phones, this is also a core application that comes pre-installed. While the app is reliable and works almost always, ...