Tag Archives: google-maps

Imagine you’re thinking about chairs, and you Google up some to try out in your living room. Or, you’re looking at a subway map in Tokyo, and you see suggestions on what routes to take that suddenly appear, translated into your own language. Google AR and Google Lens are getting there faster than you think. …

You’ll soon be able to stop Google Maps from tracking you.  The tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s introducing a new privacy feature to its mapping app, called Incognito Mode. When this feature is switched on, people can hide their activity within Google Maps. That means places they’ve searched for or gotten directions to won’t be saved to their Google …

Google is letting users take back a little bit more of their privacy.  On Wednesday, the search giant introduced a new autodelete feature for location, app and web history. As opposed to manually having to wipe their histories, with the new feature Google users will be able pick a length of time, either three months or 18 months, that Google will …

Uber has come a long way since its days of “Boob-er” — the infamous nickname co-founder and former CEO Travis Kalanick gave himself because his role at the company helped him score women.  The San Francisco-based company appears all grown up now.  In mid-April, Uber publicly filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering that could …

Congress wants answers from Google about a database that law enforcement has been using for location data to help with criminal investigations. The database, called Sensorvault, has detailed location records from hundreds of millions of phones around the world, according to a report earlier this month from the New York Times. It’s meant to collect information on the users of …

Google Maps is making it easier for electric car owners to find nearby (and unoccupied) EV charging stations so you don’t need to wait around. You can now see charging port availability in the US and the UK on Google Maps, according to a Tuesday blog post by Alex Donaldson, product manager of Google Maps. Just search “EV charging stations” in the app …

Not only is Google Maps tracking you, but a program called Google Sensorvault is potentially turning over your location data to law enforcement, according to a report from The New York Times. We’ll show you how you make it more difficult for Google or at least not hand over the most granular data. Keep in mind that a 2018 Associated …

Google Maps has been adding Waze features like incident reports in recent months, and now it’s experimenting with informing you about traffic jams more quickly. The Slowdowns option allows people caught in unusual traffic jams report it to Google, letting Maps gather data more quickly and giving others on that route the chance to divert, according to 9to5Google. The reporting …

Remember Snake? It’s back — in Google Maps form! Snake, the iconic Nokia game first introduced on the Nokia 6110 in 1997, has been reimagined for Google Maps in celebration of April Fools’ Day. You can play it on iOS and Android versions of the Google Maps app. Just touch the sidebar option on the left side of the search …

5G-ready phones such as the Galaxy S10 5G, foldable Huawei Mate X and LG V50 are just some of the handsets that are waiting for carrier networks to come online. 5G promises to make phones anywhere from 10 to 100 times faster than your current device, connecting to the internet instantly. But some are arguing that phones such as the Galaxy S10 Plus …