You might not want all your iPhone apps to know where you are, so you may want to turn your location off to stay private. Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? Smartphone technology has ...

With the increasing number of apps that require access to location data, iPhone users may unknowingly be sharing more personal information than they realize. While features like Google Maps and ...

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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Following the murder of George Floyd by the US police, ...

If you have an Android phone, it will keep track of where you have been and how often you’ve been there.The function is supposed to help provide a user with personalized services, but not everyone ...

To prevent Microsoft and other apps from tracking your whereabouts, you can turn off location tracking on your Windows 11 PC. You can do this for all services or specific ones, and I’ll show you how.

Fire up your browser and go to myactivity.google.com. (You’ll need to be logged into Google) On the upper left drop-down menu, go to “Activity Controls.” Turn off both “Web & App Activity” and ...

Instagram's new feature that shows users' current locations is prompting some users to worry if their location will suddenly be shared on the platform. Meta announced the rollout of several new ...

The tech giant has been exposed for mapping the movements of users who have Location History turned off GOOGLE may be tracking your location – even if you’ve explicitly told it not to. The tech giant ...

In the race to keep every social media app relevant, new features are a constant part of the equation. Meta announced on Aug. 6 that one of the new features they would be adding to Instagram would ...

Many websites and applications need to use your Mac's location to function at their best. While your Mac doesn't have a GPS, location can be determined from Wi-Fi based on your IP address. You simply ...