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When Apple made iOS 6 available, Google Maps could only be accessed by iOS 6 users via the web. [11] Although Google did not immediately launch an iOS version Maps, shortly after the announcement of Apple Maps, Google did add a Flyover feature to its virtual globe application Google Earth. [12]
By Jordan Crook Apple (AAPL) has finally made a real statement to its customers apologizing about the Maps drama that's been unfolding over the past few weeks with the introduction of iOS 6.
The iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple has had a wide range of bugs and security issues discovered throughout its lifespan, including security exploits discovered in most versions of the operating system related to the practice of jailbreaking (to remove Apple's software restrictions), bypassing the user's lock screen (known as lock screen bypasses), issues relating to battery ...
[28] [29] Forstall was vigorously criticized after the new Maps app, introduced in iOS 6, received criticism for inaccuracies that were not up to Apple standards. According to Adam Lashinsky of Fortune, when Apple issued a formal apology for the errors in Maps, Forstall refused to sign it. Under long-standing practice at Apple, Forstall was the ...
Meanwhile, Google Maps has lost U.S. users, falling from about 81 million According to comScore data, the app grabbed 35 million iOS U.S. users in September. Apple Maps Is Now a Success
One of the biggest changes Apple (NAS: AAPL) is pursuing within its mobile operating system iOS is ditching Google (NAS: GOOG) Maps, the app that has been a mainstay of iDevices since inception.
In iOS 6, Apple replaced Google Maps with its own Apple Maps as the default mapping service for the operating system, and immediately faced criticism for inaccurate or incomplete data, including a museum in a river, missing towns, very inaccurate directions, satellite images obscured by clouds, missing local places, and more. [38] [39] [40]
Even though Google Maps is back on the iPhone, Apple still needs to get its own Maps service up to snuff. Apple's already spent several hundred million dollars on at least three map-related ...