The Compass app comes built-in on every new iPhone, and it's helpful when you want to make sure you're going in the right direction. Here's how to launch the app, calibrate it, and use it to find your ...

The iPhone 3G S shipping later this week includes a built-in digital compass. If you covet that compass but prefer to keep your existing iPhone, Compass Go could do the trick. East, West, Home’s Best: ...

Screenshots show what is purported to be a digital compass built in to the newest version of Apple's phone. Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well ...

BoyGeniusReport posts a screenshot from debugging menus in the 3.0 beta firmware which seems to confirm that Apple has built-in magnetometer (digital compass) support into the operating system.

Before you start thinking about relying on the iPhone compass app for your next hiking trip, you might want to read the results of tests performed by TechHive. While some believe that the compass ...

Most people don't even seem to know that an iPhone with iOS 7 comes with a built-in Compass app. Although that app could use some help in terms of accuracy, it also has a feature that works pretty ...

IPhone screenshots are easy enough to fake, and lord knows some odd claims come from the Boy Genius Report, but this seems such an obvious addition to iPhone hardware that we'll bite. The shot above ...

A potential bug discovered in Apple's latest iOS 9 release appears to be impacting certain apps running on iPhone 6s that tap into compass and gyroscope data, in some cases affecting key assets that ...

iPhone 5s devices appear to be reporting inaccurate information through the compass and inclinometer apps, reports Gizmodo and Cult of Mac. The compass appears to be off by 8-10 degrees, while the ...

You might not want to use your iPhone 5s to find your way out of the woods just yet. A number of users are reporting that their iPhone 5s compass and level are showing incorrect values when placed on ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — BBVA Compass today launched version 2.0 of the bank's native application for the iPhone. The free app's enhancements allow users to pay bills as well as ...

A handful of hostages captured in a terrorist siege were brave enough to leave the grounds of their captors and successfully found refuge thanks to an iPhone app. Liviu Floria, a Romanian gas worker ...