The month of October has me thinking about monsters—and, specifically, mutants. That’s a strange way to start a conversation about tech topics, I realize. But stay with me: I promise this is going ...

Accurate digital mapmaking has never been more important, as Apple’s recent fiasco with its new, glitchy and inconsistent Apple Maps app has shown. The coordinates correspond to the relevant locations ...

OpenStreetMap is exactly what its name implies—a wiki of maps and location data to which anyone can contribute, just like Wikipedia. With the help of some deep-pocketed boosters, including MapQuest ...