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Apple acquired 3D mapping company C3 Technologies in 2009
By Sarah Petit: The iPhone homescreen is a prime piece of electronic real estate and you can bet good money that Apple isn’t thrilled to have two Google properties sitting there – YouTube and Maps. As for the former, there’s not much Apple can do there. YouTube is one of the most popular websites in [...]
Continue reading...New Apple patent application describes schematic maps
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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In 2009, Apple acquired a little known mapping company called PlaceBase. The ostensible motivation behind the acquisition was to decrease Apple’s reliance on Google and their own Maps app that rests ever so prominently on the iOS homescreen. Now PlaceBae actually existed before Google Maps, but found it increasingly hard, if not downright impossible, to [...]
Continue reading...More evidence that Apple is building a killer Maps app for iOS
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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The Maps app in iOS 5 will still make use of Google’s backend, a point officially relayed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt during an interview at AllThingsD 9. “We just renewed our Map and Search agreements with Apple,” Schmidt said, “and we hope those continue for a long time.” But if you know anything [...]
Continue reading...Maps in iOS 5 will still utilize Google’s backend
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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It’s no secret that Apple is working hard to revamp the built-in mapping application in iOS. Not only has Apple acquired a number of map-centric companies such as Placebase, but it’s also put out an increasing number of job postings looking for individuals with mapping software experience. The end goal for Apple, naturally, is to [...]
Continue reading...Sponsored ads now showing up on Google Maps
Thursday, February 3, 2011
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We’re not sure if this is new, but hopefully this isn’t the start of some new and burdensome trend where corporations effectively flood map apps with sponsored links.
Continue reading...Apple looking to expand iOS navigation software team
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
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AppleInsider directs us to new job postings from Apple which suggest that the folks in Cupertino are looking to add some navigation software experts to their iOS team. “Seize this ground floor opportunity to help us build the world’s best hosted platforms at massive scale,” it reads. Apple seeks job candidates with “valuable knowledge” related [...]
Continue reading...iOS now uses Apple’s own location database
Saturday, July 31, 2010
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It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone that Apple relishes controlling as much of the underlying technology in its products as possible. That being the case, Techcrunch points us to a telling, yet until now overlooked, portion of Apple’s response to a congressional inquiry regarding Apple’s policies as they pertain to privacy and user [...]
Continue reading...Apple buys small Quebec-based mapping firm Poly9
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Lesoleil reports that Apple recently acquired the Quebec-based mapping firm Poly9, a firm “industry recognized” for their talent and creativity. In recent years, especially Poly9 has given birth to programming interfaces (APIs) for several large clients such as Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, MSNBC and NORAD… Poly9 based in part on the base maps of Google Earth, [...]
Continue reading...Apple nets over $100 million per year via Google search on the iPhone
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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Citing a source “familiar with Apple’s operations”, Silicon Alley Insider is reporting that Apple, contrary to some previous reports, has no intention whatsoever of building its own search engine from the ground up. The most sensational item from the report, however, is that Apple’s partnership with Google on the iPhone nets Apple over $100 million [...]
Continue reading...New job listing from Apple highlights its interest for in-house mapping software
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Apple recently posted a new job listing looking for an iPhone Software Engineer looking to join Apple’s newly formed Map team. The job listing reads: The iPhone and iPod touch Maps team is looking for a proactive and hardworking software engineer to join our team. The iPhone Maps application is used by millions of customers [...]
Continue reading...Google announces free turn-by-turn app for Android, will the iPhone be next?
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
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Google announced today that it plans to bring turn by turn directions via Google Maps to devices running Android 2.0, and it will include features such as voice recognition, live traffic data, satellite view, and search capabilities via names of business and landmarks, address’s be damned. You can check out a video preview of the [...]
Continue reading...Apple purchased geo mapping company “PlaceBase” last July
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Seith Weintraub did a little bit of detective work and recently discovered that back in July, Apple purchased the mapping company “PlaceBase” for an undisclosed sum. PlaceBase is a mapping program that actually preceded Google Maps, but once Google’s free offering came about, PlaceBase decided to switch things up a bit, change their business model, [...]
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Monday, October 31, 2011
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