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Apple’s vans are collecting next-gen Maps data, grabbing Street View storefronts and 3D images
Three years after Apple launched its own iOS Maps app to replace Google…
Apple vs. Google: The mapping war that’s just beginning or something
Apple Inc. might soon be launching the public transportation directions…
TomTom extends Apple mapping agreement
TomTom has renewed and extended its global agreement with Apple…
Apple’s Coherent Navigation acquisition a big boost to Apple Maps
Coherent Navigation was founded in 2008 by a group engineers from Stanford and Cornell…
Nokia wants Apple to buy its money-losing HERE maps business
Nokia Oyj, the Finnish company selling its money-losing maps business…
Apple’s sensor-covered minivans invade Texas
It’s been a while since we’ve seen Apple’s modified minivans…
Apple vs. Google in self-driving cars: To map or not to map?
The Silicon Valley race to build a self-driving car may revolve around one simple question…
Apple hopes ‘real-time’ maps will be a Google beater
Apple Maps is going real-time…
Apple drops Google Maps for Apple Maps on iCloud.com
Apple appears to have finally dropped Google Maps…
Apple job listing hints at switch from Google Maps to Apple Maps in Find My iPhone
The position for a ‘Maps Web Developer’ is seeking an individual experienced in…
Your iPhone may soon show you a picture of your destination before you arrive
Apple wants to provide methods and devices that provide for easier navigation…
Apple hints at Maps data-collection project taking place in New York
Apple has for a long time hired engineers around the globe…
Uber poaches Apple Maps senior engineer
Uber has poached a senior engineering manager who worked on Apple Maps…
Apple ‘overhauling’ Maps service backend, hints at ‘big plans’ to come
The tools that provide access to Apple’s Maps service are being rewritten…
Apple Maps data is now being updated every day
When Apple launched its first-party mapping software alongside iOS 6…
Significant improvements in Apple Maps data with quick corrections seen
Users have recently noticed a significant improvement in Apple Maps…
Obama administration seeks to regulate Apple Maps, other navigation apps in vehicles
Getting directions on the road from Google Maps and other smartphone apps…
Apple acquires Spotsetter, a social search engine that delivers personalized recommendations for places
Spotsetter, a social search engine using big data to offer personalized…
AmNav sues Apple for using a GPS-based Maps application on their iOS devices
American Navigation Systems, Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit…
What’s left of Nokia invests $100 million in connected cars
Nokia (NOK) launched a $100 million fund to invest in connected cars
Apple now notifying users when Maps errors are fixed
Apple seems to be testing a new notification feature in its Maps application…
Apple Maps: 18 months later
Apple messed up big time when switching to a home-brewed mapping system…
Apple’s Maps just might have the last laugh with iOS 8 release
Apple Maps gained 35 million regular users from September 2012 to September 2013…
iOS 8: Apple improves Maps data, adds public transit directions service
Apple is readying an upgraded version of its Maps application for the next major release of iOS…
Apple’s 3D recording patent could bring user-generated ‘street views’ to Maps
Apple was awarded a patent this week for a concept that could allow users…
Apple patent filing reveals interactive maps with dynamically adjusting content layers
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent…
Apple bombards U.S. Patent Office with 28 new mapping inventions
Apple Maps, powered by some jaw-dropping 3D graphics, is back with a vengeance….
ZDNet: Apple Maps’ worldview is now better than Google Maps
Apple Maps is back with a vengeance and set to take Google down a few notches…
Apple Maps blasts off: Cue the antitrust lawsuits?
Apple Maps is on a tear, taking market share from Google Maps…
Why Apple included Maps in OS X Mavericks
When Apple released Mavericks, some people were puzzled…
Apple Maps puts the hurt on Google Maps
Apple’s Maps have turned out to be a hit with iPhone and iPad users…
Job postings suggest Apple Maps may get public transit directions next
The Maps Public Transit Engineering Manager and Maps Public Transit C++ Software Engineer job…
Apple Maps may launch as multi-platform web service, job listing for ‘new secret project’ hints
According to the posting, the designer would join a small team…
WIth iOS 7, Apple’s Maps has arrived; it’s now better than Google Maps
Apple Maps has come into its own…
Apple takes over mapping company Embark
Finally, Apple Inc. seems to have taken the mapping business seriously…
Apple buys public transit mapping company Embark
Apple Inc. keeps snapping up mapping companies…
Norwegian government bans Apple from capturing 3D Flyover Maps data in Oslo
Apple is being blocked from capturing 3D, aerial footage of Norway capital Oslo…
Apple Maps one year later: The good, the bad, and the future
Some love it, some tolerate it, some ridicule it…
Apple’s iOS 7 3D Maps make Google, Nokia offerings look old fashioned
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
As Apple prepares its latest enhancements to Maps with iOS 7…
Apple’s maps strategy is working just fine
Apple made two smallish acquisitions of map-related companies…
