Apple has at last fixed its Maps
Apple CEO Tim Cook in his speach during the company’s first quarter earnings call touched upon well-known-troubled Maps app. He announced that the company had already made a number of improvements to...
View ArticleApple continues to update its mapping service
Apple has been quietly updating its much maligned iOS Maps app over the past weeks, adding Flyover support for 15 new cities, while updating 3D building rendering, turn-by-turn navigation, points of...
View ArticleApple acquires Embark to add transit information to Apple Maps
According to the former Wall Street Journal reporter Jessica Lessin, Apple has acquired yet another small mapping company, Embark, in order to add public transit information to Apple’s in-house Maps...
View ArticleNew job listings hint at work on transit options in Apple Maps
Apple yesterday posted a pair of job listings on its website, looking for a person to fill engineering positions related to public transit. The company is seeking a Maps Public Transit Engineering...
View ArticleApple Maps attracts more interest than other iOS mapping apps
After Apple Maps debuted last year, the service appears to be very popular among users, with 35 million U.S. iPhone owners using the app in September 2013, compared with 6 million iOS users of the...
View ArticleApple Maps reportedly adds GasBuddy and GreatSchools as data providers
Apple has recently added two new companies to its Apple Maps Acknowledgements page. Among the newcomers cited are GasBuddy and GreatSchools, both of which are data aggregates that collect information...
View ArticleApple Maps now features hotel reviews from TripAdvisor and Booking.com
Over the last several days, Apple has added more hotel review data to its Apple Maps app on iOS. It appears that the app is integrating user content from TripAdvisor and Booking.com for hotels,...
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