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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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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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Navigon iOS app updates to 2.1, goes on sale, now incorporates Google Street View feature

Some of you are going to miss the Google Street View feature when it’s gone. Navigon seems to be aware of this. Per Engadget, Navigon has updated its iOS navigation app to version 2.1 and added Google Street View, which will be dropped from Apple’s Maps app in its forthcoming iOS 6 release. To celebrate […]

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Apple to transition from Google Maps to its own solution for iOS later this year

You’ll get from point A to point B, just via Apple’s way of doing it. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple has made plans to break from Google Maps and use its own technology for the native Maps app on iOS later this year and could announce the feature at next week’s Worldwide Developers […]

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Google Earth 6.0.2.2074 released

Late Wednesday, software giant Google released version 6.0.2.2074 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 23.8 megabyte download, adds the following new features: – Fixed a problem where we were over fetching certain kml layer data and running into issuing of using large amounts of memory and slowness during zooming in. – […]