A report by The Wall Street Journal (paywalled) gathered anecdotal evidence from users showing a growing preference for Apple Maps. Despite Google Maps being downloaded as an alternative on a…
General Motors (GM) has announced plans to phase out Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in its upcoming electric vehicles, starting with the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV. According to a Reuters…
Whether you’re heading to Las Vegas for the first time or the fiftieth, the more prepared you can be before you walk off the plane, the better. Vegas is a…
Apple has confirmed that its Apple Maps vehicles will be expanding into Canada, performing deeper scouting to improve the Apple Maps product in the country. According to new reports, fleets…
At the I/O Developer Conference last month, Google previewed a major upgrade to Google Maps that promised to bring personalized restaurant recommendations and more. Many of these features have now…
Using Google Maps to figure out where you’re going when in the driver’s seat of a car is much easier now that you can deliver various voice commands to the…
Wearable tech remains very much in its infancy – and many iPhone users yet to purchase an Apple Watch might still be wondering how the wearable could help them in…
You might have moments when you’re traveling to a particular destination, with the help of turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps, only to realize that you need to take a quick…
Google has provided some of the web’s most detailed and accurate maps through scanning roads across the world with its Maps vehicles. However, a new project from Toyota, set to…
The verdict is in: Apple is now established as a major player in digital mapping. Following a quick succession of tweaks and new features, Apple Maps, which debuted in 2012,…
Imagine visiting a café or restaurant, taking a photo of some succulent food there and then posting that photo to the eatery’s location on Google Maps for others to see. That…
On January 7th, U.S. Patent No. 8,624,974 B2 was awarded to Apple for its newest concept: “Generating a Three-Dimensional Model Using a Portable Electronic Device Recording.” Though it’s a mouthful…
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Every time my husband and I drive the 677 miles from New York to my parents’ house in Michigan, we dread the long stretch of Interstate 80…
Location of the uploaded file. Apple dominated tech news in 2012. Ho hum. Whether it was the maiden voyage of CEO Tim Cook in the post-Steve Jobs era, new products,…
For technology, 2012 seemed equal parts innovation and confrontation as the world’s tech giants seemed willing to spend as much time in the courtroom as in their R&D labs. In…