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Google has on Wednesday, February 2 shared information about how reviews work on Google Maps. They have also introduced new content policies that safeguard the process of posting reviews for business profiles. Maps User Contributed…

‘Detty December’ is over and students, teachers and parents alike are all trying to get through the mad rush of ‘Back to School’ and get back into the swing of things. Parents, who are just settling back to work after the restful…

While most people take having a fixed, physical address for granted, 2 billion people across the globe either do not have an address or have an address that is hard to locate. This makes it difficult for people to find them,…

Google has said it will publish location data from its users around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The reports on users’…

Lagos is famous for being a city that never sleeps, that is always changing, evolving and moving onto the next big thing. Food is important to Nigerians. The array of flavours and dishes available reflects the cultural melting pot that…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the only condition road users could use Google map is with the aid of phone holding devices. FRSC corps marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the condition at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday.…

Google today launched a new Traffic  tab in Google Maps in Lagos, Nigeria. Announced in July at Google for Nigeria, the new Traffic tab offers users a snapshot of the information they care about most: traffic, weather, bus stop busyness,…

A 2017 study listed the 150 least to most stressed out cities in the world. With Stuttgart in Germany nabbing first spot as the least stressed city to live and work in, Lagos came in at 148 (just two spots ahead of the most stressed city -…

Over the course of two days, I explored #AbujawithGoogleMaps. The trip was a Maps guided tour of cultural and historical landmarks in Abuja and it was memorable experience. It is aimed at demonstrating how Google Maps can be an…

Google Maps is being updated to let you create public events. The feature, which was first spotted by Android Police, works through the app’s existing Contribute section where you could previously rate businesses and add crowdsourced…