Tag: Maps
Apple Axes Google Maps In Find My iPhone For iCloud.com Beta
Apple has started the transition from Google Maps to Apple Maps. Find My iPhone in the cloud over at beta.icloud.com now locates a lost or stolen iOS, or...
How To Get Traffic Reports In Maps For OS X
If you frequently use Maps for iOS, chances are you’ve used the app’s built-in traffic and road-incident overlay. Maps for OS X Mavericks also has...
How To Send Directions To Your iPhone From Apple Maps For Mac
Apple brought its Maps app to the Mac with the release of OS X Mavericks late last year. Though not everyone is sold on the...
Apple Maps Eats 23 Million Google Maps Users Up
Apple’s Maps application has had its fair share of blunders since its original release, but one thing it hasn’t done is hand over users to...
Apple Confirms Acquisition of HopStop
Apple has confirmed its acquisition of HopStop, a mass transit directions app. HopStop has roughly two-million active users and was founded back in 2005. HopStop’s iOS...
Cover Your Privacy Tracks With These Tips For Maps, Waze, And Google Maps
There are very few iPhone users who haven’t used their phone as a GPS device at least once. Most of the popular GPS apps collect...
iOS 7 Will Bring Enhancements To Car Integration
Apple has been slowly trying to get iOS more integrated into the cars of consumers, and with iOS 7, it seems like the company plans...
Help Apple Make Maps Good, Apply To Be A ‘Ground Truth Manager’
With numerous horror stories and bad press surrounding Apple’s Maps app, the company has certainly struggled with its most recent controversial release. As swarms of...
Sorry Folks, Apple Isn’t Buying Waze After All
According to CNET, Apple Maps and Waze won’t become one anytime soon. A source familiar with Apple reportedly told CNET that original claims from some tech sites are completely...
Is Apple Planning To Buy Mapping Company Waze?
In recent weeks, much speculation has come out as to what Apple may do to help address the problems with its Maps app. One way...
Google Maps Dominates iOS Download Charts In The First 48 Hours
People love their Google Maps. With the release of iOS 6, the pain of Apple’s new Maps app, combined with the complete removal of a...
Apple Maps Manager Fired For Disappointing Launch
Richard Williamson, the man in charge of overseeing the development of Apple Maps, has been fired by Apple for creating a disappointing product. Public opinion on...
Rumor: Siri And Maps Coming To OS X 10.9?
Those who have been waiting to ask Siri important questions such as “What is Inception about?” from the comfort of their computers may not have...
Google A Lot Closer To Releasing Maps For iOS Than Previously Expected
According to the Wall Street Journal, we could see Google Maps for iOS hit the App Store sooner than we thought. Google has been working...
Nokia Announces New Mapping Platform And Mobile App, Includes Public Transit, Turn-By Turn And Offline Mode
Nokia announced today a re-branding and new push for its mapping platform. The company announced Here, a new maps service that will soon launch free...
From The Sounds Of It, Google Maps Won’t Be Native To iOS For A While
If you’re hoping to have Google Maps back on your iPhone as a native application in the near future, don’t hold out hope. Heck, even...
Lack Of An Apology For iOS Maps May Have Caused Apple Executive Scott Forstall’s Departure
With yesterday’s report of two major Apple executives leaving the company, sources have been claiming that Scott Forstall, the head of iOS, was fired due to...
Apple May Have Known About Maps Issues, But The Masses Don’t Really Care
Apple Maps issues are still making the rounds today, but it seems that while the tech press is having a field day with any nugget...