COMMENTARY--Some people are real map experts. I am not, alas, one of them--at least not yet. But with the help of my trusty Suunto compass and some mapping software, I'm hoping to be a map-master in ...

“I have an 18-month-old kid, so for the first time I’ve been thinking about schools and where we should live and should we buy a house,” says Hashemi, CEO of the online mapping platform Felt.

Laura wrote about e-commerce and Amazon, and she occasionally covered cool science topics. Previously, she broke down cybersecurity and privacy issues for CNET readers. Laura is based in Tacoma, ...