Most advances in technology have been for the good and occasionally are even transformative. Being able to travel long distances by plane rather than trains or cars was a big one. And then came the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... HONOLULU — Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than 100 other volunteers ...

Unless you still had an old-school paper map in the glove box, GPS units were the only way to get route guidance in a car before Google Maps and Waze became a thing. Times have changed, and technology ...

On a trip to Oregon's Willamette Valley in the spring of 2010, I was using the Google-powered Maps app on an iPhone 3GS to hunt down wineries while my friend drove. That's farm country, and driving on ...

The team behind the offline GPS app Sygic just added 88 more maps to its portfolio. What does that mean? Well, the app now covers the entire planet, save a few remote areas. Officially, the app covers ...

Last spring, a 23-year-old woman was driving her car through the Ontario town of Tobermory. It was unfamiliar territory for her, so she was dutifully following her GPS. Indeed, she was so intent on ...

Google Maps and Waze are spearheading the mobile navigation software space, and every little bug they hit could be bad news for lots of drivers. Given both are owned by Google, most users out there ...

The best bike computers from Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead for recording rides, navigation and training ...

Apple Watch is pretty awesome at doing a lot of things. But mapping workouts isn’t one of them. At least, not until now. Back in 2016, I was pretty disappointed with the maps I got from my Apple Watch ...

Roads are constantly under construction, undergoing changes that can affect driving routes. Ensuring that the maps on your company's Becker GPS device are up to date is essential to ensuring that you ...

If you're planning to hike this summer, experts say to consider bringing a paper map. That’s because hiking organizations and rescuers around the country are seeing an increase in injuries and rescues ...