Waze Social GPS, Maps and Traffic, the popular Maps app for the iPhone has just received a major update.
Waze 3.7 brings new features such as the friend bar, which tells you the order in which your friends will be arriving at a location, support for JVC App link mode for compatible in-dash car audio receivers and lots more.
Apple continues to steadily improve its Mapping service following a disastrous launch. Today, the company has significantly improved Flyover coverage in France, adding 3D imagery for regions in and around the city of Paris.
Google has just released an update for its Gmail app for iPhone and iPad.
Gmail version 2.2.7182 brings new features such as better integration with other Google iOS apps such as YouTube, Google Maps and Chrome and ability to sign out from a single account instead of having to sign out of all accounts at once.
When Apple unveiled iOS 6 at the WWDC 2012, it showcased “Eyes Free” – a feature that allows users to fire up Siri using dedicated buttons on the steering wheel of a car. This would allow users to ask Siri questions without taking their eyes off the road.
9to5Mac now reports that Apple plans to make further inroads into in-car integration space.
At AllThingsD’s Dive into Mobile conference, Waze CEO Noam Bardin told the audience that the massive backlash that followed the launch of Apple Maps in iOS 6 left him surprised.
Back in February, a job posting on Apple’s website had revealed that the company is looking for a ‘Maps Ground Truth Data Specialist’ in Australia to improve its Maps application.
MacRumors now reports that Apple has expanded the job postings to the rest of the world.
Late last year, to the relief of many iOS 6 users, Google released its own iOS Maps app, and an accompanying SDK for developers to embed Google’s map tiles in third-party iOS apps.
We thought that given how Apple’s mapping data was widely critisized, location app developers would have rushed to switch their mapping providers from Apple to Google, but, as it turned out, things weren’t so simple.
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