Cell phone companies didn't originally want to put GPS receivers into cell phones. But several years ago, the Federal Communications Commission required them to come up with a way to locate their ...

Wayanad: GPS coordinates from aerial drone pictures and cell phones, including last location, of people who lived in the landslides-hit areas have been used to identify spots where search and ...

Callers using cellphones transmit GPS coordinates to the 911 center%2C and that information is displayed on an electronic map; Cell phones are required to have Global Positioning System imbedded ...

Apple and Google testified yesterday before a committee examining smartphone user privacy issues, particularly regarding location tracking. The first conclusion: Senators don't understand the tech ...

Motorola unveiled its first GPS receivers that will turn Bluetooth cellular phones into personal navigation devices. At the recent 3GSM conference, Motorola unveiled a silver-dollar-sized ...

Cell phone carriers are creating the federally mandated Enhanced 911, or E911, system that will let emergency workers (and criminal investigators) identify the location of new GPS-ready cell phones.