Apple has quickly updated its satellite imagery in Apple Maps to show the huge yellow letters of a “Black Lives Matter” mural that’s painted…
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Apple adds COVID-19 testing sites to Maps in the US; shares more mobility data
Apple has now added COVID-19 testing sites to its Apple Maps app across the U.S., covering all 50 states and Puerto Rico. The Maps update shows…
Apple makes mobility data available to aid COVID-19 mitigation efforts
Apple today released a mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps to support the impactful work to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This mobility data…
Apple Maps to display COVID-19 testing locations
Apple Maps will soon help users find COVID-19 testing locations. Apple has launched a website where healthcare providers, labs, or other businesses can…
Travel recommendations may be coming to Apple’s Maps app
Apple seems to be preparing to add their own descriptions and travel recommendations for select locations in its Maps app…
Apple Maps’ Look Around feature arrives in Boston, Philly, and D.C.
Apple has rolled out its “Look Around” feature of Apple Maps into three more U.S. cities, with street level views of Boston, Philly, and Washington, D.C…
Google Maps is getting a big new update on iPhone – here’s what’s new
The Google Maps app is getting a redesign that makes more features easier to find and includes new public transit and augmented reality…
How to use all of Apple Maps’ new features
On January 30th, Apple announced that their redesigned Maps, with new features and faster, more accurate navigation and comprehensive views, had rolled out…
Apple delivers a new redesigned Maps for all U.S. users
Apple today delivers to all users in the United States a new redesigned Maps app with faster, more accurate navigation and comprehensive views of…
Apple’s massive Maps U.S.A. rebuild now complete as Southeast U.S. comes online
Apple has been working on a huge rebuild of Apple Maps in the US over the last year and a half…
3 new Apple Maps features you should try now
Apple added several new features to Maps with the launch of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13…
Apple Maps rolls out new maps data to Midwest and Western United States
In mid-October 2019, Apple began testing its next expansion area: the Western U.S. Now, more places in the Western and Midwestern U.S. are getting upgraded….
Apple Maps rolls out new maps data to Western United States
In mid-October 2019, Apple began testing its next expansion area: the Western U.S.. Numerous MacDailyNews readers now say the huge test area looks to be coming online (active) now.
Enhanced Apple Maps rollout to parts of the American Midwest
Apple in in the process of rolling out enhanced Apple Maps to parts of the American Midwest…
With Northeast U.S. expansion, Apple’s new Maps data now covers nearly half of U.S. population
On September 30, 2019, Apple’s new map expanded to the Northeast United States of America…
CNET: Apple continues to impress with updates to Maps
With iOS 13 and iPadOS, Apple has upped its Maps game by adding new features and tweaking the overall look…
Maps shows Apple’s stick-to-itiveness, highlighting Google’s lack of perseverance
What Apple did in response to all of the negative press around Apple Maps? They didn’t give up, they got to work, kept at it for years, and are still…
Hands-on with Apple’s major CarPlay update coming soon in iOS 13
Coming in iOS 13 is Apple’s most thorough update to Apple CarPlay yet, with revised aesthetics and important new features…
All-new Apple Maps, built from the ground up, rolls out to northeast U.S.
Apple has rolled out new Apple Maps data, acquired by Apple themselves, across the northeast United States…
Totally rebuilt, greatly improved Apple Maps now available in Texas, Louisiana, and southern Mississippi
Apple’s Maps app is being rebuilt from the ground up to better reflect the world around you. The new underlying map uses Apple data and features enhanced geographic context…
CarPlay in iOS 13 is a big leap forward
At WWDC 2019 in June, Apple announced that it would update CarPlay with the release of iOS 13 this fall – and it’s a big update!
Apple Maps in iOS 13: Sights set on Google
Apple’s path to a home-brewed mapping solution has been long and perilous, but it’s almost arrived….
Apple patent application reveals work on AR view to highlight route while driving
An Apple patent application reveals work on a more intuitive navigation aid to drivers using augmented reality to superimpose the route…
Google and Facebook are quietly tracking visits to porn websites, even those in incognito mode
Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are always watching you — even when you’re browsing pornography websites in incognito mode…
The iconography of Apple Maps
Our interest in the Apple Maps iconography is rooted primarily in our fascination with large icon sets and the challenges involved in creating a cohesive collection…
Apple Maps: What’s new in iOS 13
Apple introduced updates to many of the built-in iOS apps in iOS 13, and Maps is no exception…
What’s new in CarPlay in iOS 13?
A nice first look at all the improvements in CarPlay and how it puts a little Apple tech inside most every new car.
In iOS 13: Apple’s working hard to shed Maps’ bad reputation
Apple has a bad reputation with maps. Seven years ago, Apple replaced Google Maps with its own Apple Maps service in iOS 6…
Apple Maps’ new ‘Look Around’ feature is way smoother than Google Maps’ Street View
Apple revealed that there would be a new Look Around feature in Apple Maps at iOS 13…
Reading between the lines of Apple’s WWDC announcements shows the shape of Apple’s plans to come
Beyond just the features that Apple has included (or hasn’t) in the next versions of its software platforms, there’s also a lot to glean from the company’s WWDC 2019 announcements…
Om Malik likens Apple Maps to Microsoft’s Bing
Seven years ago, Apple decided that it’d had enough of using Google’s mapping data. They realized that maps and mapping services were so strategic…
How Apple is making Maps much, much better
Look Around is a fantastic feature that delivers smooth as silk transitions between different areas, unlike Google’s really rather clunky Street View….
Apple’s iOS 13 offers Dark Mode, advanced photo and camera features, ‘Sign In with Apple,’ and an all-new Maps experience
Apple today previewed iOS 13, introducing a dramatic new look for iPhone with Dark Mode and new ways to browse and edit photos, sign in to apps and websites, and navigate the world with an all-new map. iOS 13 is faster and more responsive with optimizations across the system that improve app launch, reduce app download sizes and make Face ID even faster…
Maxell sues Apple alleging patent infringement
Long-time magnetic storage and electronics maker Maxell on Friday launched a lawsuit against Apple…
Apple Maps vehicles to begin surveying final U.S. states
As part of its efforts to rebuild Apple Maps, Apple has been collecting street-level data…
What it’s like to work inside an Apple ‘black site’ (for Apex Systems)
Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, California, is a symbol of how the company views…
Apple patent application reveals AR Maps viewed from iPhone, iPad
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…
Waze celebrates annual ‘Tim Cook Day,’ attributes success to fubar launch of Apple Maps
The company attributes Waze’s widespread success to Apple and celebrates an annual ‘Tim Cook Day…
Apple confirms pedestrian-level Maps data collection
The new underlying map uses Apple data and features enhanced geographic context like pedestrian paths and parks…
Has Apple Maps closed the gap with Google Maps?
Perhaps the biggest surprise about Apple’s new map is how small it is…
Apple begins using Subaru vehicles to capture Apple Maps data
Apple is reportedly deploying a new vehicle, the Subaru Impreza hatchback…
Apple’s CarPlay now lets you use Google Maps, but you’ll want to stick with the more reliable Apple Maps
You can now use Google Maps, Waze, or some other navigation app in CarPlay…
