More than 75% of the world’s 7.4 billion people do not have a reliable mailing address. In some countries this means spending a few extra bucks on delivery fees or making several angry phone calls to ...

What3words has launched a new in-vehicle app to bring a precise, voice-enabled way to navigate directly through the car’s ...

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Navigating the thoroughfares of New York, London, and Paris is a fairly painless experience in 2019 -- just pull out your smartphone, open up Google Maps, and you're pretty much there already. But ...

A tiny London-based firm has a way with words, particularly when they are arranged in groups of three. It has parsed the planet into 3-meter-by-3-meter (about 10-foot-by-10-foot) squares in a global ...

Each week we’re profiling one company that has been selected for Boost – our early-stage startup growth program. Catch up with these companies in person at The Next Web Conference Europe this week.

Putting a new spin on the term “digital nomad,” U.K. addressing platform what3words has partnered with Airbnb to list stays with Mongolian nomads. The startup’s simplified addressing system is being ...

E-bike and scooter provider Lime has partnered with geocoding system what3words to help members of the public report mis-parked e-bikes and scooters more easily. The partnership will allow Lime users ...

Ford owners in Europe and North America will be able to use what3words location technology to help them navigate through Ford’s SYNC3 infotainment platform. This new partnership with the automaker ...

A novel navigation system, What3words, will be standard on new Huracán models. It divides the globe into 57 trillion 10-foot squares, and leads you to one. By Robert C. Yeager In most modern cars and ...