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Each year, there are countless apps launched on the Google Play Store. The problem is, it’s hard to tell which are worth your time, and which are worth ignoring altogether. In my view, these are the 15 apps you need to have on your Android phone in 2023.Brave BrowserImage: BraveWhen it comes to privacy, there’s…

Maybe AI isn’t some passing fad—certainly every tech company is racing to add as many AI features to their products as possible, Google included. Bard is the company’s answer to ChatGPT, and it even integrates with Google products like Docs, YouTube, and Gmail.It seems Maps is the latest Google product to catch the AI bug:…

Screenshot: Khamosh PathakAs good as Google Maps is, not every location is perfectly mappable in the app. Sometimes, where Google thinks you want to go might be miles away from where you actually want to go (this happens often to anyone trying to find the entrance to a national park). Or a new attraction might…

Google has suspended live traffic updates in Israel and Gaza amid the war. The move could help prevent the live-tracking of on-the-ground military movements. Google Maps also suspended live traffic updates in Ukraine in 2022 amid Russia's invasion. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while…

The collapsed bridge that Philip Paxson drove off of.Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Google is being sued by a widow who says her husband drowned in September 2022 after Google Maps directed him over a collapsed bridge in Hickory, North Carolina. Google failed to correct its map service despite warnings about the broken bridge two years before…

Navigating your way through an airport, even for a trip you’re excited to take, nearly always feels like a chore. But I have found that if you have the right tools ready to use, you can actually make the whole experience much more tolerable. Here are some of my favorite travel apps to try out…

The familiar Google Maps interface might start looking a bit different soon. 9to5Google reports that Google is testing a major redesign of the default map layer with a new color scheme. The new color scheme looks a lot more like Apple Maps. Today, Google Maps has a gray background for land and white roads, but…

Remember scrapbooks? Maybe some of us still make them, but these days, most keep our photos on our phones. That, of course, has plenty of its own advantages, but you do lose a bit of the personal aspects to photo curation. Your important photos of friends and family mix in with screenshots of coupons and…

Photo: Maridav (Shutterstock)Gas prices have come down from the historic high of over $5 per gallon national average it hit last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. However, our current $3.71 per gallon is nothing to scoff at. Luckily, there are ways to use technology to help us find the best deals on…

Image: AppleApple Maps is quickly becoming a great alternative to Google Maps. In some parts of the world, the navigation and street view features are actually better than Google’s. But until now, the app had one major flaw: If you didn’t have the internet, you could not use Apple Maps, period.Apple is finally changing that…