By Adriana Lee |
Who can’t appreciate a good burn? If you do, then you might delight in the opening comments of Daniel Graf, director of Google Maps for mobile, at the I/O conference earlier today. “As most of you probably heard, last December, we launched Google Maps on…
By Todd Haselton |
Do you trust Apple Maps yet? We hope so, because the company is apparently betting that new features in iOS 7 will allow it to seamlessly integrate, along with Siri, into your car. 9to5Mac said it learned from sources that Apple is in cahoots with car…
By Brandon Russell |
Google on Thursday updated its Google Maps SDK for iOS, making it possible for developers to embed the application inside their own apps. It’s not exactly giving iOS users control by allowing them to set Google Maps as the “default” application, if they so choose,…
By Todd Haselton |
This year was loaded with amazing tech stories, both good and bad. But there were some pretty huge blunders that left us with our jaws wide open, staring in disbelief at our screens as we wrote up the news stories. Here are 10 of the…
By Adriana Lee |
Did you hold off on upgrading to iOS 6 due to the loss of Google Maps? Seems you’re not alone. According to the mobile ad gurus at MoPub, an awful lot of people hit the firmware update this weekend after Google’s third-party iOS maps app launched. Indeed,…
By Brandon Russell |
The resurrection of Google Maps for iOS has been a complete and utter success. If there was any question this was going to be a viable alternative to Apple Maps, those doubts have been obliterated—cold hard numbers don’t lie. In just 48 hours after release,…
By Adriana Lee |
Apple Maps is a beautiful application with an elegant UI. Clearly, Apple worked hard (and partnered with people who worked hard) to put out this stunning product. Unfortunately, none of that matters when melting bridges and people lost in the Australian bush snare headlines. And…
By Brandon Russell |
Google Maps was banished by Apple when iOS 6 hit earlier this year, but the much beloved service might make a triumphant return tonight, on 12/12/12. According to AllThingsD, the long-awaited standalone application will be available in the app store in a matter of hours,…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple’s senior vice president of Internet software and services, Eddy Cue, has reportedly fired the manager of Apple Maps, Richard Williamson. If you remember, another Apple executive, Scott Forstall, was recently asked to leave the firm after apparently refusing to sign an apology letter related…
By Brandon Russell |
As Apple Maps continues to improve, the presence of Google’s own standalone application continues to loom. Google has reportedly distributed a test version of its iOS Maps app to people outside of the company, according to the Wall Street Journal. A submission is allegedly close…
By Todd Haselton |
We have bad news if you’re an iOS user holding out for Google Maps to find your way around. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear that the application will launch anytime soon. Sources speaking with The Guardian said Google is “not optimistic” that Apple will approval Google’s Maps…
By Sean P. Aune |
Jon R is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! It appears that the rumored HTC Droid DNA (or DLX) will be coming soon to Verizon. The Americanized version of the Japanese HTC J Butterfly has been spotted in Verizon’s support pages.…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple’s overblown iOS 6 Maps fiasco hasn’t affected iPhone 5 sales one bit. That’s nothing new. But what’s interesting is the fact that 90 percent of users have said they haven’t once experienced any problems at all. That would suggest the Cupertino company’s lack of…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple Maps may not be as robust as Google Maps, but they are detailed enough that Taiwan is worried they might provide too much information. Taiwan recently reached out to Apple asking for it to blur a section of its Maps application that reveals a radar…
By Brandon Russell |
Maps in iOS 6 isn’t all Apple cracked it up to be. But it’s not all that bad either and, in fact, Apple is actively improving the app as we speak. With that said, don’t be enticed by the new ClassicMap application recently added to the…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company would improve its Maps app, and darnit that’s exactly what’s happening. While the company’s cartographical prowess wasn’t quite the catastrophe it was made out to be, its effort was clearly lacking in focus. But, according to some folks…
By Adriana Lee |
In a video comparing Android Maps to iOS Maps (below), famed Wall Street Journal tech journalist Walt Mossberg tipped that Google will launch Street View in the web version accessible by iOS devices as early as this Thursday. He even took it for a spin and…
By Brandon Russell |
There’s plenty of juicy info to extricate from a new Bloomberg Businessweek feature about Apple’s post-Steve Jobs era. All of it very interesting, but some of it is old news. Except for the revelation that Steve Jobs was ready to completely sever the umbilical cord…
By Brandon Russell |
Following continued criticism of Apple Maps, CEO Tim Cook directly addressed the issue with an apology and admission that there are some excellent alternatives out there available to iOS users. With that, the Cupertino company has also made a much more low-key acknowledgment on its…
By Brandon Russell |
If your maps experience in iOS 6 hasn’t been on a par with your expectations — Apple admitted it hasn’t met the company’s stringent standards — there’s an entire new section in the App Store teeming with alternatives. Bing is there, and so is the…
By Brandon Russell |
While the standard of Apple Maps continues to be called into question, the grass is getting much greener on the competing side. Google on Friday introduced an assortment of new high-res photos to Maps in an effort to make its satellite view data that much…
By Todd Haselton |
You’re not alone in wondering why Apple chose to ditch Google Maps in iOS 6 for its own solution, especially after word surfaced today that the two companies had another year left in an existing agreement. Apparently the two companies couldn’t come to terms over…
By Todd Haselton |
Is Google upset Apple decided to ditch Google Maps in iOS 6 for its own mapping solution? Maybe, but the company isn’t jumping through hoops for Apple anytime soon. Google chairman Eric Schmidt spoke to the press recently in Tokyo and discussed Apple’s move and…
By Brandon Russell |
Plenty of attention has been focused on Apple’s homebred Maps application over the past several days. It’s by no means the worst system around, but there is still much work to be done. So in an effort to assemble a more consistent product, Apple is…
