Yes, this is an obvious one, but it's hard to beat free spoken turn-by-turn directions built right into the Android OS. On iOS the Maps app delivers directions but they're not spoken, and you don't get a 3D view of your route either.
A new handheld GPS device can find your position and update your social networks, even if you're in a region that doesn't have a cellphone signal or Wi-Fi access.
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Foursquare and Yelp can place you on a map and show you the nearest dining, drinking, and entertainment options, but what if you're looking to make some money rather than part with it? We recently lea...
Executives from Apple and Google testified before a Senate subcommittee yesterday (May 10), defending their privacy practices regarding how they track and collect the data of their smartphone users.
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Have you ever opened up Google Maps to check out your neighborhood and discovered that a major community hub or a well-known local shortcut was missing? In an effort to improve their Maps, Google has ...
Chances are you've already heard the news about iOS 4-enabled devices secretly recording location data and backing that information up--unencrypted-- each time you sync your iPhone or iPad with ...
One trend emerging from this year's South by Southwest is the clever combination of geolocation and game play. Not games in the Foursquare sense, but patterns that more closely model what gamers do in virtual worlds.