If you’re reading this, chances are you’re well acquainted with Google Maps. For many, Google Maps – with its wealth of way-finding features – will rank highly among their most prized apps. But what ...

What3words divides the world into 57 trillion squares, each with a unique three-word address Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is ...

How do you translate an address into 26 languages so that it sounds perfectly natural in each one? London-based startup what3words has given every location on Earth a three-word English address; now, ...

London-based U.K. startup what3words has closed a £500,000 (circa $800,000) $500,000 seed round of financing from a group of angel investors, including Shutl’s Guy Westlake. The startup launched an ...

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Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work? Kicked. Converged. Soccer. These three randomly chosen words saved ...

I had a busy day in Manhattan last week. For my first appointment, I entered the building at ///rated.clients.guitar. After that, it was a relatively short trip to ///sings.nodded.fits. My afternoon ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Finding the entrance to the office of London tech start-up What3Words is not easy. You can almost see it from ...

Location-pinpointing platform what3words has closed a $3.5 million Series A funding round led by Intel Capital, with Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures and several of w3w’s original angel investors also ...