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Waze celebrates annual ‘Tim Cook Day,’ attributes success to fubar launch of Apple Maps

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 4:33 pmWednesday, December 19, 201811 Comments

The company attributes Waze’s widespread success to Apple and celebrates an annual ‘Tim Cook Day…

Apple’s CarPlay now lets you use Google Maps, but you’ll want to stick with the more reliable Apple Maps

Friday, September 28, 2018 2:25 pm9 Comments

You can now use Google Maps, Waze, or some other navigation app in CarPlay…

The rapid tectonic movement of Australia is screwing up GPS systems

Wednesday, August 3, 2016 5:33 pmWednesday, August 3, 201637 Comments

Australia, which rides on the world’s fastest-moving continental tectonic plate, is heading north so quickly that…

ZDNet: Apple Maps’ worldview is now better than Google Maps

Saturday, November 30, 2013 11:01 amSaturday, November 30, 201332 Comments

Apple Maps is back with a vengeance and set to take Google down a few notches…

Apple’s new, blazingly fast OS X Mavericks’ Maps app extends tools for reporting , correcting errors

Wednesday, June 26, 2013 12:02 pmWednesday, June 26, 201329 Comments

“Apple has brought its iOS Maps to OS X Mavericks…

Waze CEO: Apple Maps ‘would have been an amazing product’ two years ago

Monday, April 15, 2013 6:03 pmMonday, April 15, 201334 Comments

The quality of online maps has been increased significantly in the past few years…

U.S. patent application reveals Apple is working on ‘Street View’ mapping technology

Thursday, April 4, 2013 8:28 amThursday, April 4, 201316 Comments

An Apple patent application discovered on Thursday suggests that the company is…

Apple Maps turning a corner

Tuesday, March 26, 2013 11:33 am24 Comments

Apple suffered a serious public relations hit when its Apple Maps…

Dvorak road tests navigation apps: Apple Maps beats the competition

Thursday, March 7, 2013 10:29 am74 Comments

Apple’s Maps app worked better than Google Maps…

Google Maps for iOS receives first update since launch

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 12:58 pm16 Comments

Google today updated its Google Maps for iOS to version 1.1…

RUMOR: Apple to acquire Waze

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:30 am18 Comments

There can be no doubt that one of the hottest startups of the last couple of years…

5 ways Google Maps beats Apple Maps

Saturday, December 15, 2012 3:04 pmSaturday, December 15, 201270 Comments

Google’s new mapping and navigation application for Apple’s iPhone…

An economist explains how Apple forced Google to up their Maps game

Friday, December 14, 2012 12:13 pm27 Comments

Platform owners may choose to embed their own inferior, in this case, app, in order to provide stronger competition…

Why Google just crowned Apple’s iPhone king

Friday, December 14, 2012 10:37 amFriday, December 14, 201228 Comments

By releasing new versions of Google Maps and Gmail for iOS this month…

Analyst: Google Maps for iPhone a mixed blessing for Apple

Friday, December 14, 2012 8:53 amFriday, December 14, 201238 Comments

The first analyst we’ve seen to comment on Google’s new Maps app…

Apple wins again: Much improved Google Maps iPhone app vindicates Cupertino’s strategy

Thursday, December 13, 2012 2:15 pm45 Comments

Google’s much-anticipated iOS Maps application is out today…

Google Maps hits Apple App Store, Google admits iOS Maps app is better than Google Maps for Android

Thursday, December 13, 2012 11:13 amThursday, December 13, 201263 Comments

Today, Google Maps for the iPhone has arrived…

TomTom rises as Rabobank analyst foresees Apple takeover

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 4:31 pm10 Comments

TomTom needs the cash from Apple, and Apple needs the know-how of TomTom…

Australian police warns: Google Maps are putting people’s lives at risk

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 3:32 pmWednesday, December 12, 201229 Comments

Police in Colac, west of Melbourne, say faults with Google maps…

Apple updates maps to remove Mildura ghost-city in Australian desert

Monday, December 10, 2012 10:31 pmMonday, December 10, 201251 Comments

It wasn’t actually Apple’s fault…

Apple Maps could be life-threatening, Australian police warn

Monday, December 10, 2012 9:06 amMonday, December 10, 201243 Comments

Mildura police issue warning after number of people lose way in scorching temperatures because town misplaced on Apple Maps…

Apple’s Eddy Cue racing to overhaul Maps

Wednesday, November 28, 2012 8:59 amWednesday, November 28, 201247 Comments

Apple Inc’s Eddy Cue, who took charge of map software last month, is racing…

Apple won’t deny Google Maps app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Saturday, November 17, 2012 10:20 amSaturday, November 17, 201258 Comments

Google has nearly completed work on a new version of Google Maps for the iPhone…

Google close to submitting iOS Maps app for Apple’s approval

Friday, November 16, 2012 8:36 am29 Comments

The head-to-head battle between Apple Inc. and Google Inc. in mobile maps…

Apple and Google compete to build, maintain more perfect digital mapping systems (with video)

Thursday, November 1, 2012 1:02 pm18 Comments

In the business of modern mapmaking, there are high stakes…

Developers: We warned Apple about iOS Maps issues prior to launch

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 7:56 pm46 Comments

Developers have been complaining about Apple’s Maps since shortly after…

Improvements begin to appear in Apple’s 3D Maps, Flyover and other imagery

Friday, October 5, 2012 4:03 pmFriday, October 5, 201271 Comments

Following last week’s open letter from Tim Cook in which he promised…

Apple’s new vector-based iOS 6 Maps support automatic offline use for very wide areas

Friday, October 5, 2012 9:58 am31 Comments

Apple’s new Maps are a huge leap over iOS 5 maps in pure technology…

Apple’s Maps app: The next turn

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 2:29 pmTuesday, October 2, 201227 Comments

Kontra writes that “Apple hasn’t been a mapmaker and knows it”…

Nokia licenses mapping services to Oracle

Monday, October 1, 2012 6:33 pmMonday, October 1, 201231 Comments

The Finnish company, which bought the world’s largest digital mapping firm, Navteq, in 2008…

Apple on Maps app inaccuracies: ‘This is no one’s issue but ours’

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:09 pm90 Comments

Apple is seemingly taking more ownership over criticism…

Apple had more than a year left on Google Maps contract, sent Google scrambling to build iOS app

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:28 amTuesday, September 25, 201258 Comments

Apple’s decision to ship its own mapping system in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 was made over a year before…

Apple built special version of iOS 6 Maps app especially for China

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:02 pmTuesday, September 25, 20128 Comments

Apple’s efforts to create its own mapping software has led to a different set of maps…

Woz ‘disappointed’ over initial Apple Maps version, but issues ‘not severe’ enough to warrant media firestorm

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:32 amTuesday, September 25, 201224 Comments

Reviews of Apple’s Maps have been mixed at best, but problems with the application…

Google’s Schmidt says Google Maps not on offer for iPhone 5

Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:29 amTuesday, September 25, 201275 Comments

Google Inc has made no move to provide Google Maps for the iPhone 5…

Google’s Motorola Mobility derides Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app as ‘iLost’ in new ad

Monday, September 24, 2012 10:43 pm55 Comments

In an attempt to benefit from Apple’s much-criticized iOS 6 Maps app, Google…

Apple’s smart Maps maneuver

Monday, September 24, 2012 6:24 pm69 Comments

Replacing Google Maps with Apple Maps was shrewd, inevitable move…

Hacker ports Google Maps to Apple’s iOS 6

Monday, September 24, 2012 10:55 am17 Comments

Google Maps seems to have found its way onto iOS 6 with help from a hacker…

Apple aggressively recruiting ex-Google Maps employees for iOS 6 Maps app, say sources

Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:36 pm67 Comments

Apple is going after people with experience working on Google Maps to develop…

Yelp integration in Apple’s Maps app is something to love

Wednesday, September 19, 2012 7:20 pm17 Comments

Apple Maps, with the help of Yelp, gets the places experience just right…

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