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The route in question is at Scotland’s highest peak Ben Nevis. The Maps app recommends a route to the top of the mountain that includes steep and rocky terrain with virtually no paths. Local groups like Mountaineering Scotland and the John Muir Trust issued a joint statement even “most experienced mountaineer would have difficulty” following this particular route despite good visibility. This route directs users to the Steall Falls car park on top of the mountain....

Google recently released version 11.0 of Google Maps beta in the Play Store. An APK teardown of this app reveals that the company is preparing a new homescreen widget for Maps. While the feature is not live yet for users, Dylan Roussel of 9to5Google could enable it manually on their phone. You can see the Google Maps homescreen widget in action in the screenshot below. As you can see in this screenshot, the upcoming Google Maps widget doesn’t look too different from the recently added Chrome Quick Action Search widget....

If you’re not very familiar with PWAs, understand them as standard websites presented in a slightly complex manner to look and function like an app. Now you might argue that you could already open that webpage in your browser. Perhaps even bookmark it for quick access whenever you want. Well, since PWAs come as a standalone app, they open separately like a conventional app and hence, help “streamline your workflow by eliminating the need to switch between tabs” in a browser....

This is not the first report on the presence of Google online trackers on the internet, as other firms have brought this issue to the spotlight in the past. According to Atlas VPN, Google-owned companies like YouTube and Doubleclick make up 49.9% of trackers on the internet. This goes to emphasize the amount of user data Google collects from users around the world through various companies it owns. Actual uses of Google online trackers present on the internet and its shortcomings Actual uses of Google online trackers present on the internet and its shortcomings...

Google Pixel 6 series price tags for the US just leaked Google Pixel 6 series price tags for the US just leaked According to the tipster, the Google Pixel 6 will start at $749. The Pixel 6 Pro, on the other hand, will start at $1,049. The second, more expensive variant of the ‘Pro’ model will cost $1,099, the tipster said. Now, the rumors are saying that all Pixel 6 Pro models will offer 12GB of RAM....