Like all the other navigation applications currently available for Android and iPhone, including Google Maps and Waze, Apple Maps needs location access to determine where you are. In other words, it ...
There was a time when Apple Maps was considered a horrible navigation solution, as its bad map data regularly directed users to the middle of nowhere. Google Maps rapidly became a top alternative ...
On last week’s episode of 9to5Mac Happy Hour, I complained about an ongoing CarPlay problem I’ve been experiencing on and off for nearly a year. Essentially, the GPS continually bugs out and ...
Apple received backlash when Maps launched in 2012. The GPS app was so badly reviewed that Apple fired the executive who oversaw its development, and CEO Tim Cook issued a public apology. Over the ...
Remember picking up roadmaps at the gas station and keeping a stash in the glove compartment? Those days are behind us, thanks to all the ways to get GPS in our cars. Some vehicles come with the ...
Something else Google Maps does that Apple Maps can match is public transport integration. All three pillars of the public ...
The dawn of the smartphone age had us cheering for GPS chips and easy, on-the-go navigation. No longer were we beholden to sites like MapQuest (which still exists as a mobile app, by the way) and ...