Nowadays it is difficult to get lost if you have a smartphone nearby. The GPS of our mobiles helps us to locate ourselves and get to all those places that we have always wanted to go without any ...

In this edition of Ask Maggie, CNET's Marguerite Reardon explains how to turn a smartphone into a personal navigation device, even without a data connection. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

GPS has significantly changed how we interact with technology due to its precise navigational abilities and efficiency. But, there are times when you don't want GPS to interfere with your smartphone ...

Modern smartphones have long been equipped with location-aware features that combine global positioning system (GPS) hardware with other features like Wi-Fi and cellular triangulation to help get an ...

Everyone knows satellite navigation is great for drivers, but the global positioning system (GPS) is even better for the latest generation of smart phone users. With GPS, an Android phone knows where ...

If you get stranded in an unfamiliar territory, it can be challenging to ask for directions from a complete stranger, especially if you are in a hurry and you don't want to stop for directions. For ...

Android phones have a built-in GPS that allows you to track your location and use navigation apps like Google Maps. However, there might be times when you don't want your phone to track you. That's ...

The summer travel season is here and that means road trips, and nothing casts a pall over a road trip faster than getting lost, so an in-car navigation solution is the way to go. Not many cars have a ...

There are many different ways that you can use location data in your Android apps. Previously, we’ve seen how you can display the user’s location on a Google Map; reverse geocode coordinates into a ...