Plenty of mobile apps let you share your location with your friends and family, and it's a great feature to use when meeting people or for added peace of mind during a trip. Google Maps is one of ...

If you're meeting up with friends, sharing your location is a hell of a handy way to save you screeching into your phone, "Wait, what can you SEEEEEE?" Switching on Find My has become a staple of Gen ...

Millions of drivers use Google Maps for driving directions, but it can also save parking spots. Both Maps and Waze (a Google company) can store your car's location using satellite technology and help ...

Between Google Maps and Apple Maps, there's no major difference in accuracy between them. The difference really boils down to ...

Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer does not ...

This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers. Of course, iPhone owners will still turn ...

You might be surprised by how many apps on your phone are tracking your location—often without you realizing it. Some apps are upfront and ask for permission the first time you open them, which is a ...

In the past few weeks or so, Google Wallet app on Android now requires that you grant the location permission to get “detailed receipts” with addresses and maps. A detailed receipt includes merchant ...