Google on Wednesday announced a new feature for Android, which allows users to get help from emergency services via a real-time video feed. Dubbed Emergency Live Video, a dispatcher can send a request ...

Google launched its upgraded Find My Device network across the US and Canada to help users locate Android devices by ringing them or viewing location information on a map, even when devices are ...

Google Latitude, a service launched in early 2009 that lets users track the location of their friends by using their mobile device’s location services, has had its share of roadblocks on its path to ...

Researchers have identified two vulnerabilities in the company’s crowd-sourced Offline Finding technology that could jeopardize its promise of privacy. Two vulnerabilities in a crowdsourced ...

Air freight company DHL recently started using a real-time wireless locator device that can be affixed to boxes of mission-critical cargo shipped by medical and pharmaceutical companies, among others, ...

A new safety alert issued by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urges vessel owners and operators to provide each crewmember with a personal locator device. These devices improve a ...