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The Google Maps Android API Utility Library has been updated with two key new data visualization features—marker clustering and heat maps—that are aimed at improving the tools developers have when ...

Not too long ago, if you were traveling to a new or unfamiliar place then you had to bring a physical map along with you, or at the very least do some research beforehand and be prepared to ask for ...

Amazon is once again jumping into the online mapping fray with a new Maps API for Android developers building apps for the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets. While it's just for Android ...

Google has announced that it’s updating the default map style in the Google Maps Platform. The Google Maps Platform is composed of APIs and SDKs that let third-party websites, Android apps, and iOS ...

Hundreds of Android applications being distributed through the Google Play Store have been found leaking Application Programming Interface (API) keys, putting users at risk of identity theft and other ...

If you use Google Maps, you're giving away tons of data about who you are — that is, where you live, where you work, and where you spend your time. For all that information, though, it has still done ...

A significant share of mobile applications are exposing sensitive information through insecure APIs, leaving users and ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Web giant Google has officially opened the floodgates of mobile AR gaming by allowing game developers to use data from its Google Maps service to create games that take place in the real world, or a ...