Map apps have been reporting traffic jams for a while now, but what about parking shortages? Shouldn’t an app tell us not to bother driving somewhere if there won’t be a place to park once we arrive? On Friday, Alphabet Inc.’s Google updated its popular Maps app on Android devices to provide estimates of parking difficulty. Once you request directions to a destination, you may see a new icon. If Google has a parking difficulty...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 27, 2017 22:30 UTC