Google Maps' Timeline feature is killing web access and switching to a more private, on-device approach in the coming months.

Google Maps is killing Timeline on the web as it pushes users to only use the app to keep location data more private.

As you scroll through the local listings in Google Maps, Google may show you web results at the bottom.

If the infusion of walking directions in Google Maps interests you, and you don’t mind the privacy concerns voiced about Google’s Street View, and you happen to have a Web-enabled mobile phone ...

The Google Maps place markers in Street View are not widely rolled out. A reader spotted them on the web in major locations like New York and Boston, but not in smaller cities.