In an age when privacy concerns are at the forefront of technological discussions, many smartphone users believe that turning off their location services ensures their movements remain private.

Mass market geo-location services appear to be just around the corner for U.S. consumers, creating the potential of much-needed revenue for wireless carriers. But such services could still get lost ...

Location services are what Android 12 uses to find out where you are. Your Android phone can then use this information for anything from Google Maps, Find My, Uber, Yelp, Android Auto, and many other ...

Sometimes it feels real freaky to open your Maps app and see a list of the latest locations you've been at. You don't want that falling into the wrong hands. It's even freakier to think about the ...

Airplane mode turns off your phone's wireless signals that could potentially interfere with the equipment on an airplane. Depending on the phone model and OS, airplane mode may disable Wi-Fi and ...

To prevent Microsoft and other apps from tracking your whereabouts, you can turn off location tracking on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this for all services or specific ones, and I’ll show you how.

PITTSFORD, N.Y.—LenelS2, a global leader in advanced security systems and services, has introduced its Indoor Location subscription-based service for businesses and other organizations using LenelS2’s ...

System1, a Los Angeles-based marketing platform company, announced this week that Epic Systems had selected its Mapquest for Business services to provide mapping, navigation and geolocation ...

Windows uses GPS to track your device, but since most PCs don’t have cellular radios, they rely on Wi-Fi positioning to determine location. GPS (when available) and Wi-Fi positioning services power ...

There’s a reason why apps frequently ask you for permission to access your location, even when they function adequately without it. Many companies like Google use your location services to provide ...

When you first sign in to a new iPhone it's quite possible you enabled location services and your phone has been tracking you ever since. And for the most part that might be absolutely fine, but what ...