People keep trusting Google Maps and other navigation apps, sometimes without even checking out what happens on the road ahead. When you do this, it's only a matter ...

A 56-year-old British safari guide living in Mozambique and traveling back home from Hoedspruit, South Africa, learned the hard way that the fastest route isn't always the best for Google Maps users.

Google has begun adding UK rivers and canals to its Maps service. The search engine giant is also incorporating details of the country's locks, bridges and towpaths in a bid to encourage users to ...