Crowdsourcing is a fantastic concept that works like a charm in navigation apps, and people running Waze know this best. Waze users contribute to the app's gigantic traffic data repository with ...

(CBS Local)-- Police across the country are expressing concern about a new feature coming to Google Maps that allows users around the world to track the real-time location of officers. In a new effort ...

If you believe that Google Maps sending you on a five-minute detour for no reason is annoying, you'd better be happy because it can get a lot worse. A 16-member police team somehow decided to rely on ...

Interactive crime maps put public in the know... People will soon be able to see how well their local police forces are tackling crime with the help of online crime maps. The plan to roll out publicly ...

Smart home products and connected appliances can make lives more convenient and at times even safer but consumers should be aware of what they're letting inside their homes. Unlike our phones, which ...

Police departments partnered with Amazon's Ring security service had access to maps that revealed where Ring video doorbells were located, CNET reports. While Amazon has said police do not have access ...

The Tulsa Police Department is trying something new with data. They took every call they received in December - along with every arrest - and put them into a visual map to show people where crimes ...

The company once offered a map, now withdrawn, that allowed police to zoom in to see the specific location of Ring customers. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for ...