If you often send the location of various places via Google Maps, you can use the plus code to make things easier. Here is how to find the Plus Code of any location on Google Maps, which they ...

Addresses aren't as ubiquitous as you may think. According to Google, billions of people don't have an address, or if they do, it's not very accurate. To remedy the problem, the company created a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. If you’re worried your phone might be spying on you, sharing your ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Plenty of mobile apps let you share your location with your friends and family, and it's a great feature to use when meeting people or for added peace of mind during a trip. Google Maps is one of ...

Google Maps is one of the most useful navigational tools on Android. It enables people to preview a trip and plan for obstacles. However, knowing how to find where you are right now on the map is ...

Google’s own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn’t want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy ...

DIGIPIN, or Digital Postal Index Number, is a 10-character alphanumeric code assigned to a 4m x 4m area in India, providing a precise location, unlike general PIN codes. Developed by India Post, IIT ...

An ongoing lawsuit against Google by the Arizona attorney general's office, which alleges that the tech behemoth has continued to collect location information even when users had turned tracking off, ...

Google's own engineers were troubled by the way the company secretly tracked the movements of people who didn't want to be followed until a 2018 Associated Press investigation uncovered the shadowy ...