GPS

Europe's rival to GPS is stepping up its efforts to provide precise navigation, road transport management, search and rescue services and secure banking.

Here are some suggestions for some great summer gadgets for work, travel, outdoors and exercise that will get you more enjoyment out of the summer season.

By now you likely understand that Apple, Google, your cellular carrier, and others can track your phone's location. But you probably aren't aware of the extent to which location tracking technology is evolving.

If you’re searching for a new GPS navigator or a touchscreen remote control, a good place to find one is at the bottom of your desk drawer. Old smartphones, long forgotten after being buried under a pile of debris, still pack some punch with a decent processor, GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth--and the devices can run apps that transform them into a new stand-alone machine.

GM subsidiary OnStar has reversed a planned change to its privacy policies that would have let it collect and share GPS tracking and other data from vehicles -- even after users stopped subscribing to OnStar.