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Public transport navigation in Google Maps just got a much-needed overhaul

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-03 21:37:26

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Google Maps has updated its public transit navigation to allow full map access during trips. Users can now search, browse, and reroute without cancelling or restarting their current journey. Plus, new walking directions feature includes pedestrian incident reporting like crashes or slowdowns. Google Maps walking and transit guidance has been pretty abysmal for years now. People like me, who don’t own a car and rely on their feet and public transport,

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It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage [U: Fixed]

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-10-27 11:47:30

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

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It’s not just you: Google Maps is down in major outage

9to5mac.com Abner Li 2025-10-27 21:47:30

In a rare outage, Google Maps is down and will not load as of 1 p.m. PT on Thursday. This is impacting the Android and iOS apps. The map layer itself — regardless of location — is not properly loading, with rough outlines appearing instead. In (local) areas where the map is cached, places/listings do not appear. This in turn impacts navigation/directions. Users around the world are reporting issues. The Google Maps website is not impacted. There are currently no incident reports for Google Wo

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Traveling soon? 5 simple ways I thwart phone thieves - and you can too

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-03 06:00:17

Lance Whitney/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Phone theft is on the rise. There are ways you can protect yourself. We also cover what to do if you're a victim. My wife and I like to travel throughout the year. We sometimes venture to unfamiliar or offbeat places, both in the US and abroad. Naturally, we bring along our smartphones to snap photos and videos, get travel directions, and search for information on local attractions. But our pho

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Apple Maps cycling directions expand to Hong Kong and Taiwan

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-02 03:21:32

When Apple first launched cycling directions on Apple Maps, the feature was limited to a handful of cities like New York and Beijing. Since then, Apple has gradually expanded coverage. Now, cycling directions are also available in Hong Kong and Taiwan. If you ride a bike to get around where you live, you know that some information is essential for route planning: are there bike paths? Bike lanes? Do they cover the entire route? What is the elevation along the way? Since the limited rollout in

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Microsoft strengthens Windows 365 Cloud PCs with virtualization-based protection

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2026-04-02 11:47:00

What just happened? Cloud-based Windows installs are generally more secure than local setups, especially against physical and network attacks targeting endpoint devices. Now, Microsoft is raising the bar further by enhancing security features specifically for Windows 365 Cloud PCs. Microsoft recently announced two security-focused changes to the Windows 365 Cloud PC platform. The subscription-based service will soon disable all user-level file redirections and enable several virtualization-base

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