“Just a few days ago, Apple released information about changes to dozens of its products, which is of interest to ordinary consumers and industry observers alike,” Jared Hill writes for Memeburn.
“Apple is gearing up for war with competitor Google Maps and trying to emulate its Street View functionality,” Hill writes. “Now that Apple is pouring significant resources into its map offering, it may be able to chip away at Google’s market share.”
MacDailyNews Take: Markets share is meaningless without context. Whose Maps dominate the premium platforms where all of the coveted consumers with disposable income and the proven will to spend it are amassed? Apple Maps is used 3.5 times more frequently than Google Maps on iOS devices. Google can have all of the raw numbers it wants. One iOS user is more valuable than many Android settlers.
“It will be interesting to see how the rivalry between Apple and Google shapes up in the near future,” Hill writes. “However it turns out, we’re likely to see many more user-friendly and accessible systems from Apple before it runs out of steam, which may not happen for decades to come.”
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MacDailyNews Take:
I believe Apple’s brightest and most innovative days are ahead of it. — Steve Jobs, August 24, 2011