The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is testing a mapping app that will give iOS users a working mapping app with turn by turn navigation:
A Google spokesman said, “We believe Google Maps are the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps in the world. Our goal is to make Google Maps available to everyone who wants to use it, regardless of device, browser, or operating system.”
Google’s new mapping app for Apple devices is the latest in a maps-software fracas between the companies, which are increasingly competing in everything from mobile devices to digital-media sales. Maps are considered one of the most important elements in the future of computing because they will power the next-generation mobile apps that help people find places to visit and where to shop, among other things.
Now the big question is, will Apple allow this app to be put into the App Store seeing as Apple is working to fix their own Maps application which isn’t all that good:
Apple has continued to work to fix the bugs in its mapping software. The maps team is now under senior vice president for Internet software and services, Eddy Cue, who also oversees products like iTunes and iCloud. Mr. Cue has been hands-on with the maps team and participates in regular meetings to fix the product, according to a person familiar with the matter.
We’ll have to see what happens when Google submits to the app to Apple. It should be interesting to watch.
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Google Gets Mapping App For iOS Ready…. Will Apple Accept It?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is testing a mapping app that will give iOS users a working mapping app with turn by turn navigation:
A Google spokesman said, “We believe Google Maps are the most comprehensive, accurate and easy-to-use maps in the world. Our goal is to make Google Maps available to everyone who wants to use it, regardless of device, browser, or operating system.”
Google’s new mapping app for Apple devices is the latest in a maps-software fracas between the companies, which are increasingly competing in everything from mobile devices to digital-media sales. Maps are considered one of the most important elements in the future of computing because they will power the next-generation mobile apps that help people find places to visit and where to shop, among other things.
Now the big question is, will Apple allow this app to be put into the App Store seeing as Apple is working to fix their own Maps application which isn’t all that good:
Apple has continued to work to fix the bugs in its mapping software. The maps team is now under senior vice president for Internet software and services, Eddy Cue, who also oversees products like iTunes and iCloud. Mr. Cue has been hands-on with the maps team and participates in regular meetings to fix the product, according to a person familiar with the matter.
We’ll have to see what happens when Google submits to the app to Apple. It should be interesting to watch.
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