Tag: iOs 6
Apple to bolster Maps with $500 million Waze traffic app buyout?
Apple are said to be in talks with social-navigation app Waze to agree upon a potential buyout. TechCrunch are reporting that Apple are looking to acquire Waze for $500 million ($400 million outright and an additional $100 million based on…
iOS 6.0.1 landing as iPad Mini hits Apple stores?
Reports are coming in that Apple are preparing an updated version of their iOS mobile operating system to roll out in just as the iPad Mini hits shelves. Landing in the coming weeks after today's widely expected iPad Mini launch,…
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…
iPhone 5 pre-orders kick off on 12 September launch day?
Apple will lift the covers off the iPhone 5 on 12 September, according to a new rumour from iMore, with pre-orders for the device opening on the same day. That puts shipments of the iPhone 5 down for nine days…
13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display landing in October?
We were all wowed at WWDC by Apple's latest MacBook Pro with Retina Display computer. Powerful, beautiful and jam packed with top-of-the-line specs, it's a laptop worth lusting over. And lusting over it is pretty much all many of us…