A recognizable location was chosen: the Washington Square Arch in Washington Square Park in lower Manhattan. The ZDNet journalist dressed conspicuously: a black hat, black sunglasses, and a puffy ...

ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Imagine only needing three words to help find someone who may be lost. Local emergency agencies in Southwest Virginia are doing just that through an app called ‘what3words’.

Entering and finding the physical street address of your intended destination can be a frustrating experience—especially if cellular data signals are nowhere to be found. Then, when arriving, the ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami Beach is the first city in South Florida to use a new app that helps 911 dispatchers find callers who aren’t sure where they are. City officials in a press release ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Have you ever been asked to meet at Disneyland? What about the Staples Center? How do you remember where you parked your car? If you are trying to find someone or something at a ...

HERE and what3words have partnered up to offer the next generation of precision in-car navigation. OEMs using HERE Technologies can now include what3words as an in-car navigation feature, with drivers ...

BOISE, Idaho — Mari Beth Stein and her family love to mountain bike. "I've been mountain biking for probably 20 years," said Stein. "I started mountain biking with my husband when I lived in Colorado ...

A trapped rower was rescued from mud after he used an app to alert authorities to his exact location. The man had been desperate after becoming trapped 200 metres off the coast of Essex on Friday ...

Google Maps might be the world's number one mobile navigation solution, but it isn't always the top choice for drivers out there. The top reasons for looking for alternatives are the GPS connection ...

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Thanks to a simple partnership between two mapping companies, satnavs in millions of new cars across North America and Europe are set to get an upgrade that should make them more accurate and far ...