According to ad network MoPub, the weekend after Google Maps launched on iOS 6, the number of users skyrocketed by 29%. The company provides ads for 12,000 apps, and over the days since Google Maps came to iOS, saw a significant spike in user numbers. This plays into the idea that people have been … [Read more...]
One of the nicer things about Apple's Map is that it integrates Yelp reviews natively — and now it looks like another prominent service might be joining the fold in the near future. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple and Foursquare are in talks to integrate data from the latter … [Read more...]
Okay, so we've figured out how to make Siri route you with Google Maps, but what if you want to intercept address links to that they go directly to Google Maps instead of Apple's Maps? It turns out there's a jailbreak tweak just for that. MapsOpener is available for free on Cydia’s BigBoss repo, … [Read more...]
Here it is everyone, what we've been waiting for. The official Google Maps for iOS app has launched — and it has everything it used to have, and more. Google has finally managed to get turn-by-turn in their iOS app, something we've been wanting for years. This also marks the welcome return of … [Read more...]
It's become a running punchline, that iOS 6 Maps is so bad that'll lead to you being stranded or lost somewhere. But while many are actually having very little trouble with the app, it does appear that there has been at least a few cases of people getting dangerously lost thanks to Map's … [Read more...]
Nokia has released HERE Maps for iPhone, now available in the App Store for free. The application is based off NAVTEQ mapping data, the same company that provides navigation data for 90% of in-car systems. Description HERE Maps helps you feel like a local anywhere you go. See where you are, … [Read more...]
Google is reportedly in the final stages of testing a new Maps application for the iPhone, with a App Store submission in the not so distant future. The fallout over the change from Google powered to Apple powered Maps in iOS 6 was significant enough that Apple issued a public apology, pledging to … [Read more...]
We're all still waiting for Google Maps to land as a standalone app on iOS 6, and so any sort of news about such an app has been jumped on with great vigor. One developer has claimed to know some inside news on his blog, and while we're not sure of the authenticity, here are the details. … [Read more...]
Confirming a report we covered yesterday, the web app version of Google Maps now has street view enabled. That means that when you launch maps.google.com or else the bookmark on your homescreen, you can now go back into the first person mode so desperately missing from Apple's own Maps app. … [Read more...]
