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Google Maps has become a daily driver of many people who commute. Other than commuting, the Maps’ Timeline feature has also helped cops in solving many criminal cases and tracking criminals. In a rare incident, Google Maps has spotted the sunken car of a man who went missing on November 7, 1997 — 22 years […]
The tussle between Huawei and Google due to the recurring trade ban has led the former company to search for alternatives to alienate itself from the prevalent Google ecosystem. Its first step was launching an OS in the form of HarmonyOS to compete with Google’s Android. The next step, as per the reports, is a […]
Bengaluru is one of the cities where traffic jams are a serious issue. To combat the issue, six modern traffic signals have been installed featuring Dynamic Signalling technology and will be powered by Google Maps. The traffic signals will use the technology to monitor the volume and speed of traffic to dynamically operate traffic signals. […]
Google Maps is probably the most used app on my phone. In fact, it’s kind of a Google Search replacement for me because I have spent hours using Maps to plan random trips and check out places I have never been. The app is getting more feature-packed every day. I already have an idea of […]
Google Maps is probably the biggest service of its kind that many people use on a daily basis. Whether you want to search for nearby places, or use the app for navigation, it works buttery smooth. Google Maps is the first solution that most people resort to. Mostly, it’s because of the fact that the […]
Google wants to make public transport safer for people and is therefore adding a new feature that will display a warning if your cab steers off its route. As spotted by XDA Developers, the feature is only available in India at the moment. Hidden under the “Stay Safer” menu, “Off-route alerts” will alert you if […]
Building on top of its Discover section, the search giant has added a new food delivery option to Google Maps. It also integrated the same with Search and Google Assistant. In case you’re wondering — no, Google is not entering the food delivery market, yet. The new feature just allows users to place an order […]
Are you bored of lame April Fools’ Day pranks? If yes, here is a cool Easter Egg for you on Google Maps. You can now play the legendary game ‘Snake’ in the Maps app. Just hit the menu button on the top left corner of the Google Maps screen. Select the option ‘Play Snake’ and you are […]
Back at CES 2019, Google introduced a couple of features for its Maps app, and it appears we are most likely to see new ones pretty soon, as part of its upcoming update, in version 10.10. According to APK files acquired by 9To5Google, Google Maps is likely to start deleting the location automatically for users. […]
The blue dot on Google Maps usually calibrates a few meters away from our real position, much to our annoyance. Hence, making the navigation feature unreliable, at times. Last year at Google I/O, the company teased augmented reality in Google Maps that would radically improve the accuracy of the navigation system. Now, Google is allowing some of us […]
An alleged “serial masturbator” who has been causing disturbance among citizens around Brisbane’s inner-city for the past four years has finally been caught by the Queensland Police thanks to Google Maps. Google Maps: Hubby divorces wife after finding her on Street View with another man The 43-year old masturbator was wandering around the streets of […]
Google Map has silently pushed a new feature on its Android and iOS app that allows users to interact with businesses by sending them a message. The feature aims to boost the engagement between the end users and small business that are difficult to reach via telephone or their own website. The feature was announced […]
Don’t trust Google Maps for banks’ contact details – At least not for now. Scammers are now increasingly interested in defrauding users through Google Maps that lets users change or correct the listings displayed on the service. Seeing this as an effectively exploitable opportunity, scammers are modifying the contact information of banks on the app’s listings. […]
A project written in Python to twitter tracking and analysis without using Twitter API. Prerequisites This project is a Python 3.x application. The package dependencies are in the file requirements.txt. Run that command to install the dependencies. pip3 install -r requirements.txt Database SQLite is used as the database. Tweet data are stored on the Tweet, […]
Google Maps is full of surprises, primarily thanks to some of its funniest, creepiest, and strangest street view images. In 2013, a father found his son’s dead body image and crime scene on Google Maps but who could have imagined this seemingly harmless technology would force a married couple to divorce? A woman in Peru was […]
If you thought you have seen it all then you were wrong. In fact, thanks to Google Maps there are plenty of places that are kept hidden from the public view – It is also a fact that Google Maps has deliberately hidden these places. But why? The reason for this censorship is mostly unknown, however, there […]
FireShodanMap is a Realtime map that integrates Firebase and Shodan. A search is carried out using Shodan searching vulnerable devices and they are showed on the map for analysis. All data updated in Firebase are Realtime. Changes We have a file named “fireshodan.py” responsible for fill Firebase database, we need to change: [+] FILE_WITH_KEY.json (Open […]
Google Maps users need to stay vigilant as cybercriminals are taking advantage of an existing vulnerability in the program’s link-sharing service to spread links from malicious or compromised websites. According to Sophos, an IT security firm, cybercriminals cannot use official Google Maps URLs to redirect users to any site they want. However, an open redirect vulnerability that […]
Imagine a scenario where you are late for a movie because you can’t find a parking spot or if you found one it is far away from the cinema. Now imagine a scenario where you are not only able to find the location you are trying to visit but also detailed directions on where you can find the safest and […]
Short Bytes: Wardriving is an activity in which a person drives around the streets in order to track Wi-Fi networks in that area. The data can be collected using a device running a wardriving software. Security Researcher Scott Helme describes how he made his wardriving tech and created Maps by using collected data. If you haven’t made […]
If you think that your location data is safe then you are mistaken because there is a new series of ransomware that can post your location data on the internet. The most advanced of them all is the “CryLocker.” Until now we believed that ransomware was supposed to lock or send away the data from […]