Apple is planning a greater push into car integration this year, according to sources cited by 9 to 5 Mac. The online publication said Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is working with automakers to embed its iOS Maps and Siri into vehicles. Apple’s Siri Integration The integration of Siri with various vehicles has already been announced, with a Hyundai partnership unveiled in January, so it comes as not much of a surprise that the company is looking...
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California has come a long ways from the days of The Beach Boys, where promises of surf, sand, sun, “Fun, Fun, Fun”, at least until “Daddy takes the T-Bird away”, and beautiful woman were promised to all who made the journey westward. Hundreds of thousands did make that trip and made California the diverse and fantastic state it is, or was? California is the ultimate in the “Nanny States” these days. Capable of fining...
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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has, since the release of its latest operating system iOS 6, dealt with criticism of its homegrown mapping service. News today revealed that the rumored acquisition of the social mapping service Waze, will not happen. It has become clear today that there is no such deal in the works. The rumors made sense to almost everybody who heard them. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) needed something to improve its mapping service, not just...
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Apple Inc. went from being one of the most admired, to the most mocked companies, with in a span of a few weeks. Many users complained that the new iPhone 5 with Apple Maps has many bugs and glitches. However, the latest report from Steerne Agee, Shaw Wu states that iPhone 5 production has not had any impact from ‘Mapgate’, and sales should continue to be strong in the coming few months. Below is...
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In one of the bigger questions lurking around Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference was, will they or won’t they introduce a mapping service? The answer is now officially yes. On Monday, the company announced its new mapping solution, iOS Maps; it will finally say goodbye to Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s option. It has confirmed that it work is being conducted for a traffic database and that it has grabbed numerous mapping companies. Look for the...
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