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NEW YORK — O.K., so I don't like asking for directions. But I don't get lost so often that I need to spend more than $1,000 on a built-in car navigation system to plot my course with global ...

AT&T Navigator has more useful features than other cell phone GPS apps, including weather and scheduled commuter traffic alerts. AT&T Navigator is very similar to Sprint Navigation (both were created ...

You hear a lot about how great cell phone GPS is. Tech pundits blather endlessly about the amazing new features and capabilities of cell phone GPS (guilty as charged!) And you even shelled out extra ...

For the last few weeks I’ve been preparing to take on a new position at work, one that would require me to do a substantial amount of travel. Like all road warriors, one of my primary objectives is to ...

Nowadays, it seems like smartphones are used for just about everything, from shopping, maps, and logging health and exercise information, to monitoring technology in homes and offices. Mobile GPS data ...

A few weeks ago, we wrote about United States v. Maynard, a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit requiring the government to obtain a warrant when it uses a GPS ...

The study used cellphone pings to track the actual speed of cars when the drivers were stopped. Cell phone GPS data collected from inside moving vehicles shows what civil rights groups have long ...

LAS VEGAS — Driving around a rapidly growing city on unfamiliar streets is not fun. A wrong turn can land you in a maze of construction detours and bumpy roads. Some residents in Las Vegas' newer ...