A group of tech companies, including Meta, Microsoft, TomTom, and Amazon Web Services, is releasing a dataset of map data that could…
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Imagining future Apple Services: Mail+, Maps+, Podcasts+, Stocks+, Health+
Apple’s Services could see the introduction of new services including Mail+, Maps+, Podcasts+, Stocks+, and Health+…
Kosovo wants Apple to correct country’s borders on Apple Maps
The foreign minister of Kosovo, Meliza Haradinaj, in a letter asked Apple CEO Tim Cook “to take immediate steps to correctly present Kosovo’s…
Apple expands Maps’ Look Around to Los Angeles and New York City
Look Around, a new iOS 13 Maps feature that’s designed to provide a street level view of what’s around you…
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….
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…
U.S. FCC ruling will help make smartphone GPS more accurate
Europe created Galileo so it would have civilian and military alternatives to…
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…
Apple’s latest iOS 12 beta introduces a cool new, unannounced feature
A month ago, Apple unveiled its latest software innovations across all platforms, with iOS 12…
Five reasons to choose Apple Maps over Google Maps
Appel Maps was released in the fall of 2012 with iOS 6…
10 of the most useful free Mac apps for travelers
Traveling can be a wonderful mind-expanding adventure, but it also comes along with its own unique set of challenges…
Apple expands in Microsoft’s backyard
Apple is growing its team in Seattle by creating a new hub for artificial intelligence research…
Apple recruits engineers from Berlin-based automotive mapping firm ‘Here’
Apple has poached at least six engineers from Berlin-based mapping company Here…
Maps debacle prompted Apple to release OS X and iOS public betas
One of the most underappreciated realities about Apple is that it has always been a company that learns on the fly….
Unlike Maps, Apple TV and Apple Watch, Cupertino can’t ship Apple Car as an unmarked beta
Tesla is hot. It’s CEO is hot. I do, however, have some cause for concern…
Apple debuts new ad for iOS 10
Apple today debuted a new TV ad for iOS 10…
Apple unveils iOS 10, the mother of all iOS releases
Apple today previewed iOS 10, the biggest release ever of the world’s most advanced mobile operating system…
Apple quietly launches new indoor mapping app
Without much fanfare, the company launched the Indoor Survey App on iOS, which will allow businesses to map out their venues
BMW, Mercedes, and Volkswagen’s Audi to buy Nokia’s HERE maps
German carmakers BMW, Audi and Mercedes, will pay around 2.5 billion euros…
iOS 9: Apple’s Maps app gets smarter with automatic directions based on user habits
A major focus for Apple in building iOS 9 is making it even easier…
Apple Maps is used 3.5 times more frequently than Google Maps on iOS devices
At the 2015 WWDC Apple stated that it receives 5 billion Maps requests per week…
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…
Apple buys high-precision GPS service firm Coherent Navigation
For many of the largest Silicon Valley technology companies…
Apple launches ‘Maps Connect’ self-serve local listings portal
Apple Maps Connect is intended fro…
Is Apple trying to do too much too quickly?
It’s time for Apple to take a step back, slow down, and get things right…