ALK Technologies free CoPilot GPS app offers downloadable maps, but route guidance is extremely hobbled due to lack of turn graphics and voice prompts. [Read more]

The next best thing to texting your pooch is getting an alert when they go astray. Hey, it isn't stalking if it's your pooch! [Read more]

Researchers in the United States are combining current technology with the use of GPS in the hopes of substantially speeding up tsunami warnings.

They're slimmer, more capable, and more affordable than ever before, but should you bother buying one when your smartphone can get you where you're going? [Read more]

The READI GPS network can accurately pinpoint details about larger earthquakes, which can help government agencies properly predict the tsunamis that follow

ASUS's Transformer Prime GPS dongle gets an early reveal

Transformer Prime customers can sign up to get a GPS dongle from ASUS

Asus has taken its share of grief over the Transformer Prime's GPS issues. While its first reaction was to cut any mention of GPS from the official specs, it may soon offer a far more comforting solution. [Read more]

The largest solar storm in five years was due to arrive on Earth today, promising to shake the globe's magnetic field while expanding the Northern Lights.

Researchers with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Trent University are in Eastern Ontario tracking deer in an effort to better understand how they coexist with humans and predators like coyote.

SmartPlanet's Sumi Das looks at new shoes from Aetrex that could help caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease or dementia find them if they wander off. [Read more]

An Ontario's man recent discovery that someone had covertly attached a GPS tracking device to his vehicle led him to call for Canadians to realize how the technology can be used.