Google Maps

Apple CEO Tim Cook called Google out as an alternative to those dissatisfied with Apple’s Maps app earlier on Friday. Now, Google has taken the opportunity to outline the steps that it takes to add the Google Maps web app to your iOS device’s home screen. The procedure is a simple one and has existed Continue Reading →

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered an apology over the iOS Maps quality and took things a bit farther by plugging other apps from Bing, MapQuest, Waze and Web services from Google and Nokia. That’s a fair dose of humility for Cook and Apple that will probably win it some goodwill against disgruntled customers, who incidentally Continue Reading →

In a piece detailing Apple’s troubles with its new Maps app, The New York Times’ David Pogue outs that Google is bringing Street View to its mobile web app. The sharp eyes of Christian Zibreg at iDownloadblog picked this detail out of the article. The revelation comes in a passage about Google’s mobile app, which Continue Reading →

Google Street View is no longer limited to roads and sidewalks — now, you can browse stunning panoramic images from under the sea. With a simple click or swipe, users can explore the subacquatic world, including Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Hawaii’s Hanauma Bay and Apo Islands in the Philippines. In total, there are panoramas of Continue Reading →

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said Apple should have continued to use Google’s mapping application in iOS 6 instead of swapping it out for its poorly received home-brewed replacement, and given the sour reception Apple’s Maps app has been given, he may have been right. But multiple sources familiar with Apple’s thinking say the company felt Continue Reading →

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is sure to make iOS 6 users a tad bit unhappy today. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Schmidt said that his company has “not done anything yet” for Google Maps on iOS 6. He didn’t quite go as far as saying that Google Maps won’t be coming to Apple’s latest Continue Reading →

Yes, Apple Maps redirect to Google Maps on desktop, Android and any non-iOS 6 phones when you share your location. Womp. Obviously this is happening because there’s no hub for Apple Maps on the web, but still, the absurdity of this loop is exemplary of how ill-thought out this whole Maps switch was. Like you Continue Reading →

Yes, it should be easy for Apple to one day match Google’s prowess for creating a top-notch maps application: All it has to do is hire another 7,000 people. Business Insider reports that Google has roughly 7,100 people who are working on its maps application, including 1,100 full-time employees and 6,000 contractors who combine to Continue Reading →

Feeling low about Apple’s Maps app in iOS 6, widely perceived as flawed? Wish you could go back to iOS 5, if only for the Google Maps app? Well, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is, according to 9to5Mac and The Guardian, Google has its own iOS 6 Maps app set to Continue Reading →

It turns out it’s really hard to map the world. Along with their iOS 6 update, many amateur digital cartophiles were in for a rude awakening: Apple Maps, which looked so cool in Apple’s launch demo, are actually, and hilariously, a POS (Yes, I was wrong). And, in releasing what is essentially a half-baked beta Continue Reading →