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Google launches Street View for Google Maps web app, begins location-based rollouts

If you loved the Street View feature in Google Maps, it’s here for web-based and assorted iOS users. Per AppleInsider, Google on Thursday began to integrate Street View data into the web app version of Google Maps, bringing the feature back to iPhone 5 and iOS 6 users, however the rollout appears limited to certain […]

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Google begins adding CardDAV support for iOS calendar users

Google has added support for the open CardDAV contact syncing protocol used by Apple in OS X and iOS, enabling Google Contacts users to directly sync just like Yahoo and iCloud. Google’s Gmail product manager Jeff Ellingson noted the new support for CardDAV on the company’s blog today. The new support requires iOS 5 or […]

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Apple releases second public apology regarding iOS 6 Maps app issues

Once again…this is awkward. Per AppleInsider, Apple on Friday published an open letter to customers on behalf of CEO Tim Cook, who formally apologized for Apple’s new Maps in iOS 6 and “the frustration this has caused our customers.” Cook vowed that his company is “doing everything we can to make Maps better.” In the […]

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Assorted iPhone 4S, third-gen iPad users reporting iOS 6 Wi-Fi issues

Well, this is why they invented bug fixes and software updates… Per AppleInsider, a whopping 91-page thread on Apple’s Support Communities webpage illustrates what appears to be a significant problem with upgrading iPhone 4S and third-generation iPads to the company’s newest mobile operating system, iOS 6. Forum members report that after upgrading to iOS 6, […]

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Apple posts multiple job openings for iOS 6 Maps team

When in doubt, bring in the new hires to make version 2.0 that much better. Per AppleInsider, Apple has recently posted multiple job openings to help bolster its newly-released Maps app, which has been almost universally panned since iOS 6 launched on Wednesday. Over the course of the past week, Apple has posted multiple listings […]