Popular GPS navigation app Waze has added a new feature that will inform drivers if they are currently exceeding the speed limit on the road they're currently driving on.

Mobile devices have revolutionized the way we travel. Before smartphones, driving to an unfamiliar destination meant printing out directions from a service like MapQuest (and before that, you bought physical maps at the gas station that were often outdated).

Google is adding a handful of new features that will make its incredibly useful Google Maps service even more practical.

Standalone GPS navigation devices were all the rage a decade ago but once smartphones were capable of performing the same job, their popularity receded and it became apparent that manufacturers would need to bring more to the table to regain…

Roughly two months after spending a reported $1 billion to acquire Waze, Google has begun incorporating some of its community-driven functionality into its own mapping application. Specifically, when Waze users report road incidents that may cause traffic delays, they will…

Following weeks of speculation, Google has now officially confirmed the acquisition of Waze. No financial details were given but previous reports put the figure at $1.3 billion with a requirement to keep the company a separate entity, based in Israel, for at least three years.

Recently, we heard that Facebook was deep in negotiations to purchase Waze for around $1 billion. According to a report from Bloomberg, it looks like Google might be throwing its name in the hat as a possible buyer. This could lead…

Facebook is in advanced talks to purchase Israel-based navigation app Waze. The deal is reported to be in the same $800 million to $1 billion range the social network paid for Instagram, and is seen as another opportunity to bolster…

Multiple sources have been cited in this report, claiming Apple is engaged in acquisition talks with Waze, a popular crowdsourced GPS app capable of providing turn-by-turn voice navigation. One pot hole in the road though is Waze's asking price of $750 million…

According to data furnished by MoPub and mulled over by TechCrunch, the number of iPhone users running iOS 6 jumped by 29 percent between December 11 and December 15. MoPub tracks over one billion ad impressions daily across many carriers and apps.

It looks as though Google plans to add Street View to its mobile browser-based version of Google Maps. The official announcement won't be made until tomorrow, but long-time WSJ tech columnist Walt Mossberg casually dropped word of the addition in…

Apple's controversial replacement of Google Maps with its own in-house mapping solution may have left some users scratching their heads, but journalists at AllThingsD believe they know why: the absence of voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions.

Citing synergistic principles with OpenStreetMaps and an end to Google's free ride for high-volume map users, Wikipedia has dropped Google Maps. The foundation has instead turned to OpenStreetMaps for its mapping needs, a UK-based, open source mapping website which has…

Although traffic data has been available on Google Maps for quite some time, the traffic information delivered by the popular mapping service was frequently stale or incorrect. In fact, estimated arrival times with traffic were so frequently incorrect, Google actually…