In more mapping news, Apple has acquired an indoor GPS company known as WifiSLAM for about $20 million. The iPhone seller previously bought a 3D mapping company called C3 Technologies, which was then used in iOS 6 Maps. Hence, it is very likely that you will be able to view an indoor map of a [...]

Thirty new cities, including Tokyo and London, now support either Apple’s Flyover or 3D buildings. Apple launched its own mapping system on iOS 6, back in September, one that had several inaccuracies and faulty data, leading to what has been known as the company’s “Mapgate”. On September 28th, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook took over the official [...]

Apple’s Maps app may not have been a success, but the fruit company is working very hard to win back its loyal customers and improve the mapping application. According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is also considering signing a deal with popular location-based social service Foursquare, and use its data to improve the iOS [...]

The Maps scene on iOS 6 has finally improved, thanks to the newly released Google Maps for iOS. The search engine company had promised that they would bring an official Google Maps app to iOS after Apple decided to ditch Google’s mapping service in iOS 6. Apple payed the price for doing so and had [...]

So you’ve got the new Google Maps for iOS, which is about 100 times better than Apple Maps, and you want to use it with Siri. The problem is, Siri only provides directions using Apple’s Maps app. There is however, a small trick that can be used to get directions from Google Maps. No jailbreak [...]

Google released an updated version of their Google Maps application on Wednesday night, which is in many ways an improvement over the original Google Maps app that came bundled in iOS 5 and the app in iOS 6 that Tim Cook publicly apologized for. But here’s the familiar problem: on a standard iPhone, iPad, or [...]

When Apple decided to ditch Google and make their own mapping service, they needed somewhere to get a whole bunch of map data from, and they needed it in a hurry. As it turns out, they ended up partnering with TomTom, an existing GPS company that has a pretty comprehensive set of map data for [...]

The fact that there’s only one major competitor for the Samsung Galaxy S III – the iPhone – makes Samsung’s marketing team’s job pretty easy. They haven’t shied away from direct attacks on the Apple smartphone, from the Apple Store lineup TV spots on iPhone 5 launch day, to this most recent example of advertising [...]

Yesterday, Apple’s Maps app in iOS 6 was said to cause some major trouble to motorists in Victoria, Australia. People who used Apple’s Maps app to get to Mildura City were taken to a location about 70 KMS away from the actual location. The local Police issued a warning telling motorists not to use the Maps app, [...]

Apple’s Maps app has created another huge problem, apart from being mediocre at best and not very useful to locate places. This time, it has created a ‘potentially life threatening issue‘ for motorists in Victoria, Australia. The local Police issued a warning asking people not to use Apple Maps and has even contacted Apple. The [...]