Google, which generally gives its software away for free and recoups its investment through advertising, would likely sell ads within the navigation application rather than charge users, experts say.

Google's mapping application for mobile phones is now able to give a user's approximate location without the need for their handset to be GPS-enabled. Until now, to derive location, the Google ...

ALK Technologies free CoPilot GPS app offers downloadable maps, but route guidance is extremely hobbled because of a lack of turn graphics and voice prompts.

Google today launched two new APIs for Google Maps that are specifically geared toward tracking the location of vehicles, mobile resources and employees. By announcing these new APIs on its ...

Google has denied the latest rumors that the search giant will bring free turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the Apple iPhone, although the features could come in the future to other (unspecified ...

Nokia’s move seems clearly designed to counter Google, which made its free Google Maps Navigation app available in the 2.0 version of the Android operating system last year. The GPS app, which ...

My wife bought me a Garmin GPS for Christmas last year. After showing her Google Navigation on my G1, she asked if her gift is obsolete. Sorry to say but, for anything but long-distance treks ...

Google is well-known for offering free bikes on campus to help its employees get around, but those bikes frequently don't stay on campus. Up to 250 go missing per week -- and that's rather ironic ...

Nokia’s addition of navigation software on its smartphones is an effort to match Google, which offers free GPS on phones using its Android system.

Google has denied the latest rumors that the search giant will bring free turn-by-turn GPS navigation on the Apple iPhone.