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Apple purchases HopStop, could focus on public transit and navigation updates for upcoming versions of Maps

Apple has snagged HopStop. Per AppleInsider and AllThingsD, Apple on Friday purchased transit navigation service HopStop, which also has an iPhone app of the same name, in a possible bid to bolster its own in-house mapping solution. Citing sources with knowledge of the deal, Bloomberg reports that Apple has just purchased HopStop, a localized public […]

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iOS iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Apple looking to expand Siri, Maps integration with upcoming car models

Make no mistake about it: Apple wants Siri and its mapping program in your car. Per 9to5Mac, Apple plans to move aggressively into the in-car integration space later this year, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative. The company is working with car makers to deeply embed iOS’s Maps and Siri services into cars, […]

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iOS News Patents

Two new patents show how Apple would use iPhone, Bluetooth to interact with cars

One day, your iPhone WILL talk to and control your car. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office (1, 2) and AppleInsider, a pair of patent filings discovered on Thursday reveal Apple is actively investigating the possibilities afforded by the iOS mobile platform’s various wireless connectivity options, including the ability to interact with, and […]

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Hardware iPad News

Oxford University developing iPad-controlled self-driving car

Ok, this qualifies as beyond cool and thus makes the British that much niftier through their efforts. Per iMore, Oxford University has modified a Nissan Electric Leaf to become a robotic car controlled by an iPad. The project which it is called “auto drive” enables the car to drive itself for short stretches which could […]

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iPad News Patents

Apple patent application explores idea of magnetic stand that could hold iPads in new ways, configurations

If you ever need to hang an iPad upside down, Apple may just have you covered. Per the United States Patent and Trademark Office and TechCrunch, a new patent application by Apple published this week describes a stand for the iPad that uses magnets to hold the Apple tablet in place. iPads already come with […]