Whenever you open a place in Google Maps, you’ll see the Save option. Tap it, and you can add that location to an existing list, like Favorites, or create your own custom list. The real shift occurs ...

Google Inc.’s Maps application is making headway against the No. 1 map Web site, MapQuest, according to an analyst from Hitwise Pty., which examines Internet usage data. A year ago, the number of U.S.