No audio available for this content. HERE Mapmaking allows users to create detailed interactive maps of private sites, outdoors and indoors. This includes sites not covered by public maps, such as ...

Location-based services (LBS) have become integral to modern society, offering personalised and context-aware information across diverse applications such as navigation, emergency response, and social ...

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.

The Federal Communications Commission today said it fined T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon $196 million “for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday that it is fining the four U.S. major wireless carriers around $200 million in total for “illegally” sharing and selling customers’ real-time ...

For the past two decades, location data has helped fuel the digital economy. It’s the little helper that guided us to the nearest coffee shop, summoned a ride to our doorstep, let us check in at a ...

Verizon lost an attempt to overturn a $46.9 million fine for selling customer location data without its users’ consent. The US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit rejected Verizon’s challenge in a ...

Life360, a popular family safety and tracking app, is getting deeper into the advertising and analytics platform business. On Thursday, it announced its first location-based ad targeting solution, ...

LBS can be split into two key segments. The first segment, most visible in North America, is the capability to provide enhanced emergency services to mobile wireless users. Surveys of U.S. mobile ...

Location spoofing threatens everything from logistics to cybersecurity. A new blockchain-based approach offers tamper-proof verification without relying on centralized systems. Since its rollout to ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.