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Apple dropping Google backend from Maps app in iOS 6, replacing with in-house map data

By , Friday, May 11, 2012 at 10:13 am
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Anonymous sources are claiming that iOS 6 won't come loaded with Google Maps as usual, but will instead host an Apple-made solution instead.

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Google announces 8-bit maps, morse-code Gmail for April Fools

By , Sunday, Apr 1, 2012 at 12:36 am
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This is the Google I love. For April Fool's day, Google announced they were porting their Maps service to... the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Not to be outdone, the Gmail team also announced support for morse code with Gmail Tap.

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iPhoto for iOS ditches Google Maps display tiles, uses custom tiles based on OpenStreetMaps

By , Friday, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:15 am
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It looks like Apple's new iPhoto for iOS app isn't pulling data from the tradition source, Google Maps, but is using custom Apple made tiles informed by OpenStreetMaps.

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TeleNav launching free HTML5-based turn-by-turn GPS service

By , Wednesday, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:13 pm
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TeleNav, one of the largest back-end providers of GPS navigation services for smartphones and other in-car turn-by-turn navigation systems, has announced the upcoming release of a free HTML5-based voice-guided

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iOS 5 Map app will still use map data from Google?

By , Friday, May 27, 2011 at 6:47 pm
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Mark Gurman, writing for 9to5Mac 9to5Google received a tip saying that although Apple may improve the Maps app for iOS 5, they'll still use Google for the actual map

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Google continues to work around Apple with new HTML5 Maps app

By , Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 9:43 am
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Google has updated their online HTML5 Maps web app for both Android and iOS. But wait, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch already have built in Google Maps, right? Well, they

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Daily Tip: Saving locations on Google Maps [Beginner]

By , Thursday, Jan 6, 2011 at 11:40 am
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Do you want to save a location that you've found on Google Maps? After searching for a place on Google Maps, you can save the results to Bookmarks or Contacts

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How to track Santa on Google Maps with your iPhone or iPad.

By , Friday, Dec 24, 2010 at 12:37 pm
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Want to know how to track Santa on your iPhone or iPad with Google Maps? It's Christmas Time, and what’s one of the joys of Christmas? Having 'Santa' fall down

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Job Listing Shows Apple Wants to Take iPhone Maps App "to the Next Level"

By , Sunday, Nov 29, 2009 at 8:22 am
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A new job listing shows Apple is looking for an iPhone Software Engineer to work on the Map and MapKit framework team, which is also responsible for the Compass app

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What Google Navigation Means for iPhone Maps App, and for Turn-by-Turn Competitors

By , Wednesday, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 pm
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So while the dust is by no means settling following Google's bombshell announcement of their free Google Maps Navigation app for Android 2.0, it's thinning enough that we can

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