Tag: Maps
Apple Looking To Retail Employees For Help Improving Maps.app
It’s been suggested that it’s going to take quite a bit of time for Apple to get Maps on par with Google’s Maps offerings. If...
Tired Of Maps? Here’s Why You Should Be Using Waze
With iOS 6 Apple tried to go it alone when it came to mapping. They made a good effort, but the app is a mess....
Apple No Longer Thinks Maps Is The Most Powerful Mapping App
After iOS 6’s Maps caused some backlash among the Apple community, Apple dropped their claim that iOS 6 Maps is the “most powerful mapping service...
Don’t Expect A New Google Maps Until Late This Year At The Earliest
With all the back and forth news about whether or not Google is working on a Google Maps app for iOS, and plenty of speculation...
Apple Had A Year Left On Their Google Maps Contract
When iOS 6 was announced at WWDC 2012 in June, one of Apple’s biggest announcements was the removal of Google Maps. Apple’s decision to replace...
Google’s Schmidt Says Google Maps In Limbo For iOS
Apple Maps got you down? Better get used to it. According to Google Chairmen Eric Schmidt, Google Maps for iOS appears to be on ice...
Don’t Blame iOS 6’s Maps.app Problems On TomTom
This week has been pretty rough for the GPS hardware and software maker TomTom. Earlier this week, Waze’s CEO called them out on being “the...
Apple Responds To iOS 6 Maps Complaints
After iOS 6 was released yesterday, some users expressed their unhappiness with Apple’s new Maps app. And since the app is cloud-based, some users are...
Irish Justice Minister Pissed That A Local Airfield Is Marked As An Airport In Apple’s New Maps App
Well, it’s probably safe to assume that we’re about to find ourselves in another “gate” with iOS 6. Annoyances over Maps and Passbook are heating...
A Side By Side Comparision Of Apple And Google’s 3D Map Offerings
Late last night I stumbled across a Reddit entry that highlighted the differences between Apple’s 3D Maps and Google’s new 3D Google Earth offerings. Across...
Apple’s Maps App Already Has Way More Business Listings Than Google Maps
With Google Maps getting the boot in iOS 6, and Apple replacing it with its very own Maps application, we’ve found ourselves wondering exactly what...
Apple Has Partnered With TomTom For Its iOS 6 Maps App
Apple’s Maps application, while completely fabulous looking, may not entirely be an in-house developed product like many were assuming it would be leading up to...
More Details On The Google And Apple Maps Rivalry Emerge
We now know that both Apple and Google are planning to release new mapping services in the next couple of days, but what we haven’t...
iOS Maps App Info Leaks, And Google Is Hosting A Maps Event … First!
First! The comment of choice among comment system newbs everywhere is now actually a thing when it comes to announcing major products in Silicon Valley....
Apple Job Posting Hints At 3D Maps In iOS
Apple is looking to hire an iOS Software Engineer with a Ph.D who has experieicne with multi-view stereo and 3D reconstruction, geometry and texture data,...
Apple continues thermonuclear war against Google, moves to OpenStreetMap from Google Maps
It was only a matter of time until Apple decided to ditch Google Maps and head for a better and more open solution. Yesterday, as...
Apple patent reveals a radically improved Maps on iPhone
AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has some plans up its sleeve for the Maps app on the iPhone. According to a recently published US Patent,...
So long Google, Apple seems to be building their own maps app
Apple may be looking to distance themselves even further from Google in the near future. According to some screen shots taken of a legal document...