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More incredible photos of Apple’s iOS Maps flyover effect
Courtesy of AppleInsider which has a great breakdown of how Apple’s new Maps app in iOS 6 stacks up against Google’s map offering. You might remember that the technology comes from C3 Technologies, a Swedish company Apple acquired back in 2009. They described their technology thusly: C3 Technologies is the leading provider of 3D mapping […]
Continue reading...In-depth look at how Apple may revamp the Maps app
Friday, June 8, 2012
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Solid breakdown over at Network World looking back over many of Apple’s mapping acquisitions and job postings over the past 3 years. In short, if Apple introduces its own Maps app next week at WWDC, expect it to be a very big deal. Imagine an interface, for example, whereby a user could explore a virtual […]
Continue reading...Purported photos of Apple’s next-gen Maps app from iOS 6
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
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BGR has posted somewhat blurry photos which purport to be from Apple’s rumored Maps app in iOS 6 which will reportedly do away with Google Maps while also incorporating a nifty 3D viewing option based on technology it acquired when it purchased C3 Technologies. Apple has been working on an in-house mapping solution for a […]
Continue reading...iOS 6, Google Maps, and Siri for iPad
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Following up on 9to5Mac’s scoop regarding a revamped and Google-less Maps app in iOS 6, All Things D corroborated the report, with one source in particular intimating that the 3D maps functionality in iOS 6 will “blow your head off”. To this end, MG Siegler was able to confirm with his own sources that Apple […]
Continue reading...Apple’s amazing new Maps app will “blow your head off”
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Following 9to5Mac’s report that iOS 6 will usher in a new era of iOS mapping, namely that Apple will be replacing Google Maps in favor of an in-house solution with an incredible 3D mapping feature, John Paczkowski of All Things D adds some tantalizing, albeit non specific, details to the story after independently confirming Apple’s […]
Continue reading...Apple to drop Google maps in iOS 6 in favor of in-house solution
Friday, May 11, 2012
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9to5Mac reports: According to trusted sources, Apple has an incredible headline feature in development for iOS 6: a completely in-house maps application. Apple will drop the Google Maps program running on iOS since 2007 in favor for a new Maps app with an Apple backend. The application design is said to be fairly similar to […]
Continue reading...iPhoto for iOS ditches Google Maps in favor of OpenStreetMap
Thursday, March 8, 2012
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9to5Mac writes: Following yesterday’s launch of Apple’s iPhoto for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch application, several reports noted that the mapping integration into the software was not Google-based. With Apple working on an in-house iOS maps product for the last couple of years, speculation naturally rang out that iPhoto for iOS uses an in-house maps database. However, […]
Continue reading...Apple acquired 3D mapping company C3 Technologies in 2009
Monday, October 31, 2011
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The iPhone homescreen is a prime piece of electronic real estate and you can bet good money that Apple isn’t thrilled to have two Google properties sitting there – YouTube and Maps. As for the former, there’s not much Apple can do there. YouTube is one of the most popular websites in the world and […]
Continue reading...New Apple patent application describes schematic maps
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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In 2009, Apple acquired a little known mapping company called PlaceBase. The ostensible motivation behind the acquisition was to decrease Apple’s reliance on Google and their own Maps app that rests ever so prominently on the iOS homescreen. Now PlaceBae actually existed before Google Maps, but found it increasingly hard, if not downright impossible, to […]
Continue reading...More evidence that Apple is building a killer Maps app for iOS
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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The Maps app in iOS 5 will still make use of Google’s backend, a point officially relayed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt during an interview at AllThingsD 9. “We just renewed our Map and Search agreements with Apple,” Schmidt said, “and we hope those continue for a long time.” But if you know anything […]
Continue reading...Maps in iOS 5 will still utilize Google’s backend
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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It’s no secret that Apple is working hard to revamp the built-in mapping application in iOS. Not only has Apple acquired a number of map-centric companies such as Placebase, but it’s also put out an increasing number of job postings looking for individuals with mapping software experience. The end goal for Apple, naturally, is to […]
Continue reading...Sponsored ads now showing up on Google Maps
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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We’re not sure if this is new, but hopefully this isn’t the start of some new and burdensome trend where corporations effectively flood map apps with sponsored links.
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
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