Police nationwide are turning to geofence warrants to solve cold cases. But the practice raises privacy and accuracy concerns for citizens.

Google Inc. has launched Gears Geolocation, an API for mobile and desktop browsers to provide location-based services. Two third-party developers are launching the first location-enabled Web ...

A Georgia company is suing Google over technology that the search giant uses to target advertising at Web surfers based on their location.

A federal judge in Virginia sided with Google this week on its motion for judgment on the pleadings in a dispute over patents related to geolocation of mobile devices. Google argued, and the court ...

Afraid of websites tracking your location? Here's how to hide or spoof location in web browsers to keep geolocation at bay and protect your privacy.

In this latest test, Bellingcat researcher Foeke Postma runs a set of geolocation challenges using two dozen of previous and ...

Google is offering wireless network owners worldwide the possibility of opting out from its Wi-Fi geolocation mapping efforts, in the wake of a decision by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA ...

At the Web 2.0 Expo, Google indicated it would be enhancing its Latitude service to give other location-based time-wasters a run for their money.

With different filters on top of Google's geolocation data, D. E. Shaw found that the pandemic's recovery is lagging more than originally thought.

A Georgia company is suing Google over technology that the search giant uses to target advertising at Web surfers based on their location.