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Tag: Google Maps

Apple Maps puts the hurt on Google Maps

Monday, November 11, 2013 3:00 pmMonday, November 11, 201363 Comments

Apple’s Maps have turned out to be a hit with iPhone and iPad users…

Apple Maps one year later: The good, the bad, and the future

Friday, August 9, 2013 1:03 pmFriday, August 9, 201333 Comments

Some love it, some tolerate it, some ridicule it…

Apple’s iOS 7 3D Maps make Google, Nokia offerings look old fashioned

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:03 am30 Comments

Maps in iOS 7 will gain a full screen mode that emphasizes how Apple’s 3D Flyover…

Apple Maps vs. Google Maps 2.0 for iOS

Monday, July 22, 2013 3:31 pmMonday, July 22, 201320 Comments

As Apple prepares its latest enhancements to Maps with iOS 7…

Google officially acquires Waze reportedly for $1.3 billion

Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:29 pmTuesday, June 11, 201316 Comments

Apple was likely never in the running seriously, except perhaps to bid up the price on Google…

Why Waze is a hot takeover target

Friday, May 24, 2013 3:25 pm12 Comments

There have been rumors for the past few months that a big tech firm…

Google’s new 3D Maps destroy Manhattan with melting buildings and buckled streets

Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:41 pmWednesday, May 22, 201332 Comments

Google’s year late, non-mobile 3D Maps product is riddled with errors…

Apple plots Maps counter-attack as the Android war intensifies

Wednesday, May 8, 2013 1:07 pmWednesday, May 8, 201333 Comments

It’s fair to say Maps got off to a difficult start…

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…

Microsoft, Oracle, over a dozen others call for EU probe of Google over Android

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 3:01 pmTuesday, April 9, 201318 Comments

Google Inc. could soon face a formal complaint by European Union regulators…

Google breaks up mapping and commerce unit, sources say

Thursday, March 14, 2013 3:03 pmThursday, March 14, 20136 Comments

Google Inc. executive Jeff Huber stepped aside as head of…

Google Maps faces ban in Germany over patent infringement

Friday, March 8, 2013 11:24 amFriday, March 8, 201312 Comments

Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann of the Munich I Regional Court just told Google…

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…

Apple slaps Google with a motion to compel compliance with a subpoena

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:31 am7 Comments

Apple has filed a notice of motion, motion to compel compliance with a subpoena…

Lack of Google Maps for iPad spotlights Google’s failure to understand tablets

Tuesday, January 1, 2013 9:00 pmTuesday, January 1, 201370 Comments

Google’s failure to understand that a tablet is something other than a really big phone…

iOS 6 adoption uptick due to China iPhone 5 launch, not the release of Google Maps app

Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:48 pm16 Comments

Ad network and analytics firm Chitika claims it has seen no significant increase…

Mobile ad exchange claims Google Maps release triggers 29% surge in iOS 6 adoption

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:04 pmWednesday, December 19, 201241 Comments

We observed since the launch of Google Maps for iOS 6…

Mossberg: Google Maps better on Apple iPhone than on Android phones

Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:30 pm34 Comments

Google’s rich, reliable Maps app is back on the iPhone…

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…

iOS 6 adoption after Google Maps release stays flat, any negative impact of Apple Maps highly exaggerated

Saturday, December 15, 2012 1:03 pm31 Comments

While a vocal minority may have claimed that they were holding out…

Apple execs reportedly ‘seething’ over Google Maps for iPhone

Saturday, December 15, 2012 11:02 amSaturday, December 15, 201252 Comments

Apple’s plan was for their own mapping service to be…

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…

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 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…

Nokia buys Earthmine for 3-D capabilities in map war with Apple

Wednesday, November 14, 2012 8:32 amWednesday, November 14, 201220 Comments

Nokia Oyj, the struggling Finnish smartphone maker, is acquiring 3-D map-technology maker Earthmine…

Google ‘not optimistic’ Apple will ever approve Google Maps app for iPhone

Monday, November 5, 2012 1:01 pmMonday, November 5, 201243 Comments

Those hoping to see Google Maps return to the iPhone might not want to hold their breath…

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…

Microsoft to expand German lawsuit against Motorola Mobility to hold Google liable

Thursday, October 11, 2012 4:00 pm12 Comments

Today the Munich I Regional Court, which has already identified five patent…

AP reviews Apple’s Maps: An improvement over the old iOS Google Maps app

Friday, October 5, 2012 3:00 pmFriday, October 5, 201235 Comments

Apple’s new maps app came out the day I started a 2,243-mile road trip…

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…

Few seem to heed Tim Cook’s mapping app suggestions

Thursday, October 4, 2012 8:42 am32 Comments

But less than a week after Tim Cook suggested that iPhone owners unhappy with the new Apple Maps…

Google to bring Street View to Web version of Google Maps

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:53 pmWednesday, October 3, 201220 Comments

Apple has been taking lots of justified heat for its decision to replace Google Maps…

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”…

Apple Maps up to five times more data efficient than Google Maps

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 9:29 amMonday, October 1, 201266 Comments

Apple Maps was up to five times more data efficient than Google Maps…

Apple Maps and the danger of overestimating your company’s strengths

Friday, September 28, 2012 4:01 pmFriday, September 28, 201229 Comments

Apple’s product development team had neither the time nor skill set to be successful…

Tim Bajarin: The real reason why Apple dumped Google Maps

Friday, September 28, 2012 11:29 amFriday, September 28, 201233 Comments

The decision was a very pragmatic one that in the end will be good for Apple and really good for their customers…

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