Thankfully, there’s now a Power Saving Mode in Google Maps. It allows you to activate a black-and-white, full-screen overlay on your always-on display. When enabled, lock your phone during navigation, ...

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One of the most underrated ways Google Maps makes commuting less stressful is that it reroutes in real time. For instance, it ...

Google Maps removed a feature last year that it said wasn't being used enough, but this winter, the feature is making a ...

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...

Commentary: I'm already distracted by everything going on around me when I drive. I don't need more of it from Google Maps. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and ...

Google Maps data can create confusion in landmark names, like the Bridge to Nowhere and delayed updated Goose Creek street ...

Following the lead of the Geographic Names Information System, Google has changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps. Google announced two weeks ago that it would change the name ...

We hope you never have to deal with someone targeting you specifically, such as a stalker, burglar, or another criminal seeking to profit from your personal information. And if you've had information ...