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Apple adds Maps Flyover support for nine new cities

In spite of a pretty rough birth, Apple’s working to expand on Maps, its locations and its features. Recently, the company added nine new cities, including Venice, Italy, to the list of locations sporting 3D Flyover support. The latest Maps Flyover additions were announced through Apple’s iOS 8 feature availability webpage and include a number […]

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iPhone 5s, 5c to expand to dozens of additional countries on October 25th, November 1st

The iPhone 5s and 5c handsets, they’re coming to a country near you. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Apple has announced that the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available in 35 additional countries starting October 25, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, French West Indies, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, […]

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Waze realtime incident data now incorporated into Google Maps following acquisition earlier this year

This is one of the better sides of companies buying each other out. Per AppleInsider, crowd sourced traffic data from Waze, a company that Google acquired earlier this year, is now included in the official Google Maps application for iPhone and iPad. The company announced on its official Lat Long blog on Tuesday that real […]

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Apple hiring additional engineers for Maps team, will include “Frequent Locations” feature in iOS 7

It’s Apple’s jobs page that tends to point to where things are going. Per AppleInsider, Apple is actively recruiting for scores of new full time jobs related to Maps. The company also plans to enlist the support of its installed base of 400 million iOS users with an opt-in invitation to “Help Improve Maps” in […]

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Apple files for “iWatch” trademark in Mexico, Taiwan, Turkey and Columbia

The “iWatch” international patent/trademark tour continues. Per 9to5Mac, in addition to filing a trademark for the name “iWatch” in Russia and Japan, Apple has requested a trademark for “iWatch” with Mexico’s Institute of Industrial Property. The Mexico-based filing was made public in recent days, but the request was originally filed on June 3rd. Apple filed […]