The new Google Maps with MyLocation service allows users without GPS-enabled phones to figure out their location by using nearby cell-phone towers Google launched a location service for mobile users ...

What are phone tracker apps? Phone tracker apps are essentially software installed on a device to track its GPS location, calls, messages, and more. These apps are often used by parents to track their ...

Massachusetts police used cell phone tracing via GPS and Google Maps to track down a 9-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her grandmother, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported on ...

Spokeo reports seven hidden ways smartphones track users without permission, including accelerometer data and digital ...

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 ...

Global Positioning System (GPS) capability is one of the most popular new features for current and next-generation cell phones. Using the GPS feature and associated firmware, it is possible to ...

Cell phones are convenient devices, handily connecting us with loved ones, paying bills, accessing information—and treacherously reporting on our every move. Worse, even after the Supreme Court ...

Google Maps can accurately detect your location, but only if you calibrate the app correctly. While calibration may not be necessary to plan long trips across countries, getting accurate directions ...

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 ...