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CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

This tracking is hidden and you cannot switch it off — here's' what you do. Forget cookies — there’s a “pervasive and hidden tracking technique” in Google Chrome on your iPhone or Android phone, and ...

When signed in to your Google account, your searches, clicked links, images, and videos are tracked. Things like your IP address, device, and which ads you click are tracked even when you're not ...

Let’s face it: At best, most of us are reliant on our phones these days. (At worst, we’re downright addicted.) But do you ever consider the things your smartphone knows about you? To put it mildly, it ...

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Stay protected with top-rated apps that offer real-time GPS tracking, remote lock, and anti-theft features. The only hopeful part of losing your smartphone (Android or iPhone) is that you can quickly ...

Powered Off Finding is a Find My Device feature available on Android 15 that allows you to track your lost or stolen Android phone even when it’s powered off. It requires specialized hardware on the ...

Google is officially adding a native step tracking feature to Health Connect. There’s a new banner within the app that explicitly confirms that Health Connect will track your phone’s steps for other ...

Losing your phone can leave you in panic mode, especially when the battery dies. The good news is that both Apple and Android offer built-in tools that help you track a missing device even when it is ...