Social networking has many different purposes. It's about getting breaking news in real time, finding jobs (and helping others do the same), sharing photos with long-lost friends, and checking in to r...

Have you ever seen a green robot move so fast? We haven't. More than 300,000 devices running Google's Android software are activated every day. And among people buying new smart phones, 40.8 perce...

Want to know where your friends are eating and spending their hard-earned money? Yelp lets you find and dish the dirt on the best deals and hottest places to eat based on what your friends are saying....

This location-based service uses your smart phone to track where you shop, eat, relax, and have fun. It can also help you keep you in touch with fellow community explorers, point out new places to han...

Would you pay for turn-by-turn navigation when Google's own service is free? Verizon Wireless sure hopes so. Today the carrierannounced availability of VZ Navigator VX ($9.99 per month), an update to the carrier's existing GPS navigation service.

As a follow up to the existing eXplorist 510, 610, and 710, Magellan's latest addition of the 310 is a basic and ruggedized and waterproof handheld GPS device intended for the newbie explorer.

Today, TomTom announced their newest connected in-car GPS device, the Go 2505 M Live, which, for the first time in the U.S., features TomTom HD Traffic and IQ Routes. These services pool optional anon...

Today, the location-based social networking site Gowalla launched version 3.0 of its app for the iPhone (an Android version is coming in 2011), which adds unified check-ins with Foursquare and Faceboo...

While Discover Card works to make your smart phone your credit card, Visa Europe wants to use your GPS-enabled companion deviceto help prevent fraudulent purchases. .