I stumbled across Google Maps' Area 51 Easter egg by accident while searching for unusual locations online. When you hover over the restricted military base in Nevada, a small UFO icon appears instead ...

You don't have to be a Google Maps user to admit this is the number one navigation app worldwide. It's the default choice on Android and Android Auto and is often the go-to alternative on iPhone and ...

Google Maps has a few things wrong with it. Not a lot, mind you. Google Maps is hands-down the best mapping service out there, but it's not perfect. It has some glaring flaws. It has a cluttered ...

Google Maps shows closed places in search results. It's time for Google to fix this issue and allow users to filter only open ...

Commentary: I'm already distracted by everything going on around me when I drive. I don't need more of it from Google Maps. With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and ...

Have you heard of Google My Maps? No not Google Maps. The platform is a brilliant custom map creator, but Google could be doing more with it.

I can’t remember the last time I was so excited about a Google Maps feature. Announced last week, it’s called Products Nearby and is designed to find specific products in the area of choice and check ...

Senator Tim Kaine and I have something in common: We were extremely unwise to drive through the state of Virginia on Monday, when the combination of winter storms and the traditional regional practice ...

Back in September, Google previewed the ability to search for nearby places using augmented reality. AR search in Google Maps Live View will start rolling out next week, while Google Lens multisearch ...

It looks like Google Search is indexing and also ranking Google Maps search results pages for some [near me] types of queries. Google is listing these Google Maps search results directly in the Google ...

Every month, Google sends me a report about where I've been, and I have to say that I'm not a fan. In fact, the idea that Google is following me around, via Maps, disturbs me. That's not the only ...