All the stories tagged with apple maps
Google ‘Would Still Really Like’ Apple To Use Its Maps, Says Eric Schmidt
04/16/2013, We’re sure the tech world won’t soon forget the drama Apple created when it decided to ditch Google Maps for their own Apple Maps application as it was obvious the company wasn’t completely ready to take their mapping application to [...]
Apple Maps Outguns Google Maps?
03/07/2013, When Apple Maps was introduced in iOS 6, and Cupertino decided to drop Google Maps as their navigation software of choice, the whole world was more or less in an uproar, as Apple Maps failed miserably as a navigational tool, [...]
Google Supplies iOS Developers With Updated Maps SDK
02/22/2013, We think it’s safe to say Google Maps is probably the most popular map tool available these days, especially on iOS due to the the many, many inaccuracies Apple Maps offers to iOS users. Considering how popular Google Maps is on iOS, [...]
Apple Maps Blamed for Poor Bushfire Response in Australia
02/12/2013, The Country Fire Authority of Victoria (CFA), Australia, is blaming Apple Maps inaccurate mapping issues in its FireReady app. Officials are stuck with using Apple Maps for FireReady on iPhones and iPads. A large number of towns including Macedon are [...]
GPS Takes Elderly Woman In Wrong Direction For Over 900 Miles
01/14/2013, In a world post-GPS, we know many of you absolutely trust your guidance systems whether it be dedicated GPS devices or Google Maps, but if we learned anything from GPS misguidance reports in Australia, it’s that you shouldn’t trust your GPS completely, especially [...]
Study: Apple Maps Three Times More Likely To Give Wrong Directions Compared To Google
12/20/2012, Chances are if you aware of Google Maps on iOS, you’re probably also very aware how much of a terrible experience Apple Maps offers users who just want to know how to get from point A to point B. One [...]
Google Maps For iOS Exceeds 10 Million Downloads In Under 48 Hours
12/17/2012, As soon as Google Maps made its way to iOS, we knew it would be an undeniable hit as iPhone users have been dying to have their favorite mapping application back on their device. What we didn’t know is exactly how [...]
Google Maps Suggesting Dangerous Directions In Australia According To Police
12/12/2012, We’re not sure what’s going on in Australia, but it seems like driving conditions around there are downright dangerous seeing how police have been warning people to steer clear from using Apple Maps. It looks like Apple Maps isn’t the only [...]
Apple Maps Executive To Be Fired, Says Bloomberg
11/27/2012, Apple Maps has been a black-eye on all iOS products ever since it came out and still stands as the most ridiculed and, sometime hated, Apple feature. Apple Maps disclosed secret-military bases, Bloomberg reports that Richard Williamson, the leader of [...]
Could Apple Deny App Store Access to Google Maps?
11/05/2012, So Apple’s mapping program included with iOS 6 isn’t the greatest. The app may be a bit disappointing, but hey, it’s hard to make decent maps. What would be inexcusable is if Google submitted a functioning app to the Apple-controlled [...]
Google Has Already Updated Post-Sandy NY Transit Maps
11/01/2012, If you’ve been living under a stone and missing out on non-tech news for the past week, a pretty major hurricane hit the Eastern seaboard including the Unofficial Capital of the World, New York City. Although the storm’s gone, there’s a lot [...]
Apple Maps discloses location of classified Taiwan military base
10/09/2012, Here’s a bad morning if you’re a Taiwanese general: you open your morning newspaper, and you find a map of your brand new TOP SECRET $1.2 billion radar facility. Even worse, the map is a screenshot of Apple’s new iOS [...]
Tim Cook apologizes for Apple Maps fiasco, suggests you use Bing
09/28/2012, This is a bit of a surprise! Apple typically takes a stone faced approach towards consumer anger at new products (you’re holding it wrong). But since no rubber bumper will magically improve Apple Maps, an open letter apology is the [...]
