Since Apple first picked up Placebase, a mapping company, in 2009, rumors have run wild pointing to the eventual killing of Google Maps. Again in 2010, Apple scooped up another mapping company, Poly9. Finally, again in late 2011, Apple acquired mapping company (this time a 3D mapping company) C3, which (yet) again fueled speculation that Google Maps’ days on iOS were numbered. Today, 9to5Mac...
UPDATE: After further consideration, it appears as if I was wrong about this. Many users state that it is only the traffic view. Inside of iOS 5.1, Apple gave users very few new (major) features. And among those new features, only a small handful were announced. After the weeks following it’s release, journalists and iOS users worldwide have continued discover new features. Just yesterday, Zac alerted us to a new feature with Siri and Yelp™, allowing users to open...
It appears that Germans aren’t too fond of Google’s Street View no matter how helpful it may seem. Reports are circulating that after opt out requests surpassed 250,000+, Google basically pulled the plug on continuing their German tour aimed at increasing their Street View database. Considering that Germany has over 8.5 million houses currently cataloged, we’re not quite sure what Google is thinking. Yeah — there will be some considerable blurring...
There are certain instances in life where you should take extra special care to make sure you’ve dotted all your i’s and crossed all of your t’s. In the above Droid X holiday promotional banner, Verizon did not do so. An epic Photoshop fail if we ever saw one. Cue Verizon iPhone rumors in 3…2… Via: ...
If there’s one thing Germans really like, it’s Google’s Street View technologies and services. Unfortunately, the latest wave of crackdowns in European nations are forcing Google to blur domiciles that don’t want to be featured online. Apparently, some people have a problem with this. But instead of lobbying government (rarely works), the disgruntled group choose eggs instead — hurling eggs to be more exact. Attached to those little eggs...
