December 9th, 2012

Australian Police Warn Against Apple Maps, Citing “Potentially Life Threatening” Misdirection

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Police in Victoria have urged motorists to avoid the use of Apple Maps, warning that faulty directions on the much-criticized app has left motorists stranded in the Australian outback for up to 24 hours without food or water. → Read More

September 28th, 2012

Meet Apple’s “New CEO,” Tom Brooks

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Earlier today KTVU got a major component of the Apple Maps apology story wrong, tweeting that: “Apple CEO Tom Brooks apologizes for new Maps application http://t.co/YJbhg7tj.” Obviously, KTVU got mixed up and has since corrected the error, but it sparked some funny tweets. And I couldn’t get the image above out of my head until I made it real and shared it with the world. Meet “Tom Brooks.” → Read More

September 26th, 2012

More Maps Backlash? Uber Tells Drivers To Hold Off On Updating To iOS 6 Until Next Week

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There’s been plenty of complaining from consumers about the often-inaccurate new maps in iOS 6, and it sounds like Uber isn’t too happy about the update either.

Uber drivers tell us that the company sent out a text message telling them that if they haven’t updated their iPhones to iOS 6 already, they should hold off until next week → Read More

September 26th, 2012

The Apple iOS 6 Maps Fiasco Explained In 3 Minutes

No doubt you’ve already heard about the tragic mess that is Apple’s iOS 6 Maps. In fact, you’ve probably already gotten lost on the way to something important thanks to Apple’s faithful geographical guidance.

But just in case you want to get down to the core issues here, and don’t feel like wading through article after article, I thought I’d just tell you about it, to your face. → Read More

September 23rd, 2012

Source: Apple Aggressively Recruiting Ex-Google Maps Staff To Build Out iOS Maps

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Apple is pursuing people with experience working on Google Maps to develop its own product, according to a source with connections on both teams. Using recruiters, Apple is pursuing a strategy of luring away Google Maps employees who helped develop the search giant’s product on contract, and many of those individuals seem eager to accept due in part to the opportunity Apple represents to build new… → Read More