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Emilee Rader receives funding from the National Science Foundation. If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for ...

Advocates for transparency on social media cheered this weekend when X, the app owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk, rolled out a new feature that disclosed what the company said were the country ...

X announced that it will display the region in which an account is based. The information is visible under the new "About This Account" section. X removed the feature for some accounts on Saturday.

Online sleuths quickly found that some accounts posting about U.S. politics, including those in support of the MAGA movement, appeared not to be based in the United States. By Yan Zhuang X launched a ...

Many Android apps ask for your current location to show you more relevant results or help with directions, but most don’t need your precise GPS coordinates to do the job. That’s why Android offers two ...

Google Ads now lets you select your business(es) by searching Google Maps for location assets / extensions. This addition should make it easier to manage existing and new location assets for your ...

What are location pages and why do they matter for SEO? Location landing pages are website pages representing the different branches of chains and franchises. Any local business with more than one ...

Instagram has unveiled a new feature that allows you to share your location with friends on a map. Meta, Instagram's parent company, announced that their new feature would allow users to share their ...

Instagram has made it easier for you to find your friends. Meta’s photo-sharing app unveiled a series of updates on Aug 6, including Instagram Maps, a customizable feature that allows users to track ...

Instagram launched a slew of new features on Wednesday — and users say one of them is a win for stalkers. The new Instagram Map allows users to share their real-time location with followers. With ...

Instagram rolled out a new map feature that allows users to share their locations with followers. (Meta) Instagram rolled out new features to help users connect, including one that shows your location ...