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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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App Store highlights third-party mapping applications in latest Apple response to iOS 6 Maps complaints

This couldn’t have been easy to fess up to and post. Per AppleInsider, Apple has posted a new featured link on the iOS App Store that invites users to “Find maps for your iPhone,” and lists a number of paid and free alternatives to Apple’s own Maps application in iOS 6. The new link appeared […]

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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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Google contract waived for one year while iOS 6 Maps app introduced

Well, this is a bit awkward. Per the New York Times and The Verge, a report on Tuesday claims Apple had over one year left on its contract with Google Maps when it made the decision to replace the app with a proprietary solution, leaving the internet search giant with little time to develop a […]