Remember when Apple Maps was giving the people of Australia such bad directions that it led them to the middle of the Outback? Well, it's happening again, in a different, possibly life threatening way — not that Apple's going much about it.
Make fun of iPhone 5s and their terrible maps all you want, but the next time you're in an Algerian hostage situation, remember that Apple phone's native Compass app just may save your life.
Not only is Google's fantastic new app a step up from Apple's mess of an app, it also represents a giant leap from the already beloved Google Maps app — you know, the one that came preloaded on iPhones before Apple nixed it.
Have you been led astray by Apple's questionable Maps app? Do you find it odd that renderings of landscapes look like acid trips? Well, you'll be glad to hear that Google is launching its standalone maps app on Wednesday night.
Just when you thought the trouble caused by Apple's awful new Maps app had tapered off, fresh reports from Australia suggest that the worst is far from over.
Now that it's gotten rid of two people behind its Maps debacle, it's time for Apple to get to work on making the loathed app better.
The mythical Google Maps iPhone app possibly coming to an iOS device near you by 2013 exists, a source tells The Wall Street Journal's Amir Efrati and Jessica Lessin.
Nokia announced it will bring its maps to both iOS and Android phones, releasing a mobile app called Here, which should have iPhone iOS 6 users elated because it will bring everything the loathed Apple Maps took away from Google Maps users.
Google is on track to have an Apple compatible Maps app ready by the end of the year, a source tells The Guardian's Michael Grothaus, matching reports from earlier this year.
Senior Vice President of iOS Scott Forstall, the man who many blamed for the Apple Maps debacle, is leaving the company, Apple has announced.
The biggest innovation coming out of Google these days is not Google Maps for the iPhone, nor those future-now Google Glass goggles, but Google's driverless cars, says Google chairman Eric Schmidt.
Developers who played with Maps before its official debut told Apple that its software was awful.
Nokia may have not been the most obvious choice when Apple CEO Tim Cook sent unhappy Maps users to competitors, but as The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal explains, the company has one huge advantage: An army of drivers.
Following the Apple's iOS 6 Maps letdown, some suggested Steve Jobs never would never have released such an inferior product. But "Apple insiders" have told Bloomberg Businessweek's Brad Stone, Adam Satariano, and Peter Burrows that an Apple-made mapping service was all his idea.
You'd have a hard time finding an iPhone user who's in love with the new Google-free maps option in iOS 6 -- which is exactly why Google is showcasing a new set of upgrades for its Maps app on Android.
In the year since Steve Jobs died has taken on a mythical role for people who write about Apple that's very similar to the way conservative pundits invoke the late President Ronald Reagan: a mythical do-no-wrong hero would would have kept us out of the latest myth.
Since it will probably take so long for Apple to fix its Maps problem, Tim Cook has offered some alternatives in his apology for the less-than-perfect app.
Despite Eric Schmidt saying Google isn't doing a Google Maps app for iPhone on Tuesday, that doesn't appear to be the case. The Google Maps app is coming, according to new reports, and it could be in the app store before Christmas.
Google has spoken: The company is not working on a maps app for the iPhone.
Apple knows it has a Maps issue, but the company is saying, "the more people use it, the better it will get." Unfortunately, as mapping technology explains, that fix won't solve its location data problem very soon.
While there is a lot to complain about vis-a-vis Apple Maps, we, as Americans, should really be upset with the new iOS 6 app for what it has done to many of our nation's most notable landmarks.
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