“Funkytown” put Lipps, Inc. on the map at a time when popular music was pre-Prince and post-punk. Greenberg likes to say that the obituaries for disco were already being written, but Lipps, Inc. put ...

The fate of the settlers who founded the "Lost Colony of Roanoke" in what is now North Carolina remains unknown.

Chicago-based startup Funkytown Brewery plans to expand and is eyeing a spot near the United Center as the home of its first stand-alone brewery. The brewery, one of only a few Black-owned craft ...

Google Maps turns 20 this week. To celebrate, Google has rolled out a list of 20 things you might not have known the navigation app could do. The list includes popular favorites, helpful hidden ...

Last year, Google Maps on Android was revamped so that the main map view displayed information using sheets, and the entire app is now getting this visual redesign. Instead of place listings being ...

Google is working on contextual Gemini chips for Maps, allowing AI-powered place queries. The "Ask about place" chip will let users ask Gemini questions about locations in real time. The feature ...

We're a little surprised Hoka didn't opt to launch a brown leather Speed Loafer before the black, as it'd be a more versatile choice for dressing up or keeping casual, but maybe it'll add one in ...

“Hey @tim_cook, just noticed Apple Maps still calls it the Gulf of Mexico. Sent a report through the app, but thought you’d want to know,” Crenshaw wrote in a Tuesday post on X tagging the ...

GOOGLE has U-turned on a "awful" layout change that made it hard to see where users were driving on Maps. Android smartphones can connect a car's infotainment system screen to display useful apps ...

Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people ...

Google Maps started out in 2005 as a simple map view of the USA for desktop PCs, and within a few years developed into a comprehensive navigation tool that influenced the history of the internet ...

said Maria Biggs, technical program manager at Google Street View, a prominent feature in Google Maps. In a car equipped with the latest Street View camera, Biggs took CNBC on a ride near Google's ...