Thanks to a simple partnership between two mapping companies, satnavs in millions of new cars across North America and Europe are set to get an upgrade that should make them more accurate and far ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — With people heading into the great outdoors this summer, safety is important. Jamey Tucker shares an app that can help locate you, even when you’re in the ...

Three seemingly nonsensical words can help family members meet at a new trailhead, a nervous person find the right park bench for a first date or a rescue team save a hiker who made a wrong turn. At ...

Why? In almost all cases you're communicating verbally via a device that knows its coordinates to another device that understands those coordinates. And in almost all cases that's already a digital ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) -Warmer temperatures mean many of us will spend more time outside whether that’s hiking trails, weekends on the lake, or music festivals. And along with sunscreen, there is a ...

If you've ever needed to locate someone, you know it can be very frustrating. Meeting up with friends at a ballgame or concert, finding a house or business on a new street, or, even worse, they're ...

Warmer temperatures mean many of us will spend more time outside whether that’s hiking trails, weekends on the lake, or music festivals. And along with sunscreen, there is a smartphone app you should ...

Coordinating events in the music industry inspired Chris Sheldrick to launch navigation startup What3Words. What3Words assigns a three-word combination to every 3m x 3m spot on the planet, enabling ...

Domino's announced a new deal with British tech company what3words that will help them provide more accurate addresses to those delivering pizzas. The AI and ML deployments are well underway, but for ...

I read this story the other day about a hiker in a forest in California who became lost. After screaming for help for several hours and trying to find something that looked familiar, the 45-year-old ...

A novel navigation system, What3words, will be standard on new Huracán models. It divides the globe into 57 trillion 10-foot squares, and leads you to one. By Robert C. Yeager In most modern cars and ...

I just read the entire article, but still don't understand the concept. What do the three words have to do with the location? How are they selected? How are people using the system supposed to know ...