The Google Maps app isn't the only new Google app for users of Apple mobile devices. There's also a new, free Gmail app that provides users with a clearer presentation and additional controls, compared with the iOS e-mail app. ...
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Computerworld - Apple today said it had sold more than 5 million iPhone 5 smartphones during the opening three-day weekend of sales, a 25% increase over last year's launch of the iPhone 4S. "Demand for iPhone 5 has been incredible and ...
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Amazon.com has opened its Maps API to all Kindle developers, who can now use it to integrate maps in their applications for the Kindle Fire family of tablets. The Maps API is the latest addition to Amazon's Mobile App SDK, to which the ...
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Google on Monday said that iOS users had downloaded more than 10 million copies of its revamped Maps app in the first two days of availability. Google launched Maps late last Wednesday, returning the app to the iPhone after a three-month ...
Apple rarely admits anything is amiss, but in an email to an Australian iPhone 5 user, the company has apparently conceded that the iOS Maps app needs improvement. The Apple Maps application replaces Google Maps on the iPhone, but it is ...
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The executive shuffle Apple announced late Monday is the kind of drama that we in the tech press usually only get from watching Game of Thrones. But as interesting as it is from an inside-baseball perspective, it's worth remembering that ...
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Apple's stumble with its new mapping app is a debacle right up there with 2010's "Antennagate," analysts said today. "This ranks with 'Antennagate,'" said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & Strategy, of the 2010 ...
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iPhone users frustrated with the inaccuracies in Apple's Maps app might get another choice for finding where they want to go from rival Google. In the next two weeks, Google's Street View is expected to be available on the iPhone's main ...
Consumers ranked Google Maps better than Apple's new homegrown mapping technology by more than 2 to 1 on Twitter, a social media analytics company said today. iOS 6 users can sidestep the change to Apple Maps by calling up Google's ...
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Nokia is updating its Maps application with integrated Groupon deals and a route planner, as the company tries to find ways to differentiate its smartphones from the competition. Along with camera functionality and further price ...
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Google maps has received positive reception after being returned to the iPhone. The Google maps app returned to the iPhone after Apple replaced it with its own on iOS 6 in September. The Apple map, however, received constant criticism ...
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Microsoft is suing Motorola Mobility in Germany over a mapping patent that Microsoft alleges covers the Google Maps app that ships on Motorola phones. The two parties met each other in the regional court of Munich on Thursday, where ...
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Motorola Mobility, a division of Google, has created an ad that mocks the troubled Apple Maps application in iOS 6. iOS 6, which runs on the new iPhone 5, was rolled out last Wednesday to generally positive reviews. One notable trouble ...
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The launch of Google Maps in Apple’s App Store last week has boosted iOS 6 adoption by 29 per cent, new data reveals. When iOS 6 launched in September, many iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users decided not to update to Apple’s ...
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More choice for iPhone users following Apple's maps debacle Google Maps has returned to the iPhone after Apple approved a native app for download through the App Store. Apple replaced Google's mapping software with its own when it ...
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