Tag: Google Maps
Google Maps back on iPhone after Apple Maps iOS 6 debacle
Google Maps is now available again in app form for iPhone's, following being booted off Apple's mobile platform with the launch of iOS 6 and Apple's own mapping system, Apple Maps. Google Maps, the premier mapping solution available for…
Nintendo Wii U getting Google Maps update: Street View in your GamePad
Nintendo are adding Google Maps functionality to their new Wii U console. Revealed during a Nintendo Direct online video, the Panorama View application (set to be released as a free download on the consoles app store soon) has now been…
Google Maps gets 250,000 mile Street View update
Rubbing more salt into Apple Maps' wounds, Google have revealed a massive update to their Google Maps service today, announcing that they've added 250,000 miles worth of new Street View data. The update includes new street-level views of roads in…
Apple warned over Maps problems by developers long before public launch
Apple had received reams of bug-spotting information concerning Apple Maps from iOS developers long before the company launched its beleaguered cartography application, it has been revealed. Speaking to CNET, a number of anonymous app developers have claimed that they had…
Google Maps web app getting Street View, Apple Maps sheds single tear
Google are set to strike another stake into the heart of Apple Maps this week, by introducing their Street View feature to their Google Maps web app. Since being pulled from iOS6 in favour of the frankly broken Apple Maps,…
Good news for Apple Maps users: It uses 80% less data than Google Maps
Apple's iPhone 5 may well be one of the finest smartphones on the market, but when it comes to maps, it's a shambles. Whole towns relocated, long-closed shops miraculously re-opening, bridges so bendy that they looked like they've been mapped…
UPDATED: Google Maps for iOS 6 NOT ready to go, says Schmidt. Apple off the hook?
Apple's latest operating system upgrade brings with it a raft of new features, including improvements to the Siri voice activated assistant and deep Facebook integration. But for many, it's becoming defined by what it has removed: Google Maps. iOS 6…
Apple headhunting Google Maps devs to fix iOS 6 cartography problems
So, Apple's own Maps app, introduced with iOS 6 last week, has proved a bit of a disaster. Nowhere near as comprehensive or accurate as the Google Maps app previously available to iPhone and iPad users, it's becoming the butt…
Motorola mock Apple over Google Maps iOS 6 fallout
Apple really aren't going to be allowed to get off lightly with their lacklustre mapping service, are they? Introduced in the recent iOS 6 update that accompanied the iPhone 5 launch, Apple Maps pales in comparison to the accuracy and…
Google Maps for Android gets public transport filtering update
Google have updated their leading Maps app for Android, now allowing users to pick one mode of public transport to be displayed onscreen rather than several at once. Brining Google Maps for Android up to version 6.10, you can pick…
