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• Artist fakes Google Maps traffic jam with 99 phones

  Google Maps changed GPS navigation forever, in part by making it accessible to everyone, in part by helping provide accurate traffic reports. Well, maybe not always accurate, if artist Simon Weckert has any say. Weckert managed to fool Google Maps into reporting non-existent traffic ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Maps' new Incognito mode comes to iOS

  Google normally keeps a record of your rough location, which can be handy if you want to remember a place you've visited recently, or get restaurant recommendations, but kind of creepy at other times. The company recently introduced an Incognito Mode in Google Maps to assuage your ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Maps will now 'speak' the name of a place in the local language

  Google Maps has been my hero and savior many times I traveled abroad – or even in India where I don't speak the local language. It's not always perfect, however. While the app might help me get near the place, I often have a hard time locating it, and I end up roaming around ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to turn on incognito mode in Google Maps

  Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. By default, Google Maps stores your location history so you can keep track of places you've visited. This is helpful when you want to remember ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google Maps just made it easier to report traffic incidents

  Few things are more annoying than coming across an unexpected delay in traffic. Thankfully modern mapping services are generally pretty good at warning you about hindrances on the road, but someone has to report those incidents first. Now Google is making it easier to do so. The ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Maps now lets you combine subway directions with cabs and bikes

  There are few applications a city dweller will use as much as Google Maps, but for all its utility, the app doesn't often account for the multitudinous possibilities of city transit. Sure, Google can tell me how long it would take me to travel via subway, cab, or bike, but any New ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and Booking.com are already on board)

  Huawei is quietly gearing up to take on Google Maps with its own mapping service – and it's already got Yandex and Booking.com's ...

  • Mix

• This subreddit documents the most delightful fuckups on Google Maps

  Google Maps Shenanigans is a wonderful Reddit community which has been collecting some of the most unusual events caught ...

  • Mix

• Google Maps' easy-to-follow AR walking navigation feature is rolling out to more phones

  Back in February, Google announced that it’s testing an augmented reality (AR) feature in its Maps app for a limited number of users. Now, the search giant said today it's rolling out this function, officially called Live View, to more phones, and shifting the feature to beta status ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• How to have Google Maps remember where you parked your car

  This edition of TNW Basics is going to show you how to use Google Maps to remember where you parked your car. Hopefully taking ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Google Maps will now warn you about crowded trains and late buses

  Public transportation is the circulatory system of any urban area, and it's a better choice for the planet than driving your own vehicle. But let's face it: no one wants to deal with late buses and crowded subways. Now Google wants to warn you about these hassles. An update to ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Report: Google Maps hosts 'millions' of fake business listings

  But not all the listings on the app are reliable. Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Google Maps have over ...

  • Ivan Mehta