Many smartphone users assume that turning off GPS completely hides their location. However, Google can still estimate where ...

In today's day and age, it can feel almost impossible to keep anything private, such as your whereabouts, and we're often at the mercy of companies to take actionable steps to do so. To that end, ...

Turning off GPS doesn’t completely hide your location. Google can still estimate where you are using Wi-Fi, mobile towers, ...

The company plans to launch software called Latitude on Wednesday that lets mobile phone users share their location with close contacts. Google hopes it will help people find each ...

After Google made “geofence” data warrants on its users technically infeasible, feds are still making similar demands on telecoms giants, even if the location data is, by law enforcement’s own ...

India's government is reviewing a telecom industry proposal to force smartphone firms to enable satellite location tracking ...

Explores the proposal for always-on GPS tracking in India, responses from regulators and major manufacturers, and the balance ...

Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored directly on user devices. Google itself will no longer have access to the data. This also means law enforcement won't be able to request it ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Tap the dot to change key location settings. Maps also lets your store your Timeline locally on the device and ...

A man is shot dead on an empty street. There are no cameras, no witnesses. Could a detective just Google who was there when the fatal shot was fired? In some ways, yes. For the past several years, law ...

T-Mobile says satellite access will get rid of “dead zones” for mobile phone apps. (T-Mobile Photoillustration) T-Mobile subscribers who buy one of the phones in Google’s newly announced Pixel 10 ...