It’s been a busy, busy week on iMore, and this time the iOS headlines have been dominated by news from ostensibly competing conferences — BlackBerry Live and Google I/O. The main conversation topic this week was cross platform messaging from BlackBerry and Google both, though also making the headlines was Google’s answer to Game Center, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Google Maps’
Week in review: Google and BlackBerry go iOS, 50 billion app downloads, and more!
Posted by ryan on May 19th, 2013
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod 
Tags: Cloud Player, Game Center, Google Maps, Google Play 
11 Comments »Google Maps for iPad, new features coming later this summer
Posted by ryan on May 16th, 2013
Live from Google IO 2013, Google has announced that new features will be coming to the Google Maps for iPhone later this summer and, what’s more, it’ll be getting an iPad-specific interface as well! I didn’t manage to catch which of the new features will hit iOS, but they could include Google’s new five-point rating [...]
Gmail app update sends links to Chrome, Google Maps, and YouTube
Posted by ryan on May 6th, 2013
For all of the threaded messages and label tagging goodness that is the 2.x version of the Gmail for iOS app, for those that have wanted to live the Google life on their iOS device it’s been a little tough going. There are a lot of Google iOS apps out there, including such stalwarts as [...]
Apple MapKit vs. Google Maps SDK: Which one is better for developers?
Posted by ryan on March 19th, 2013
In the post-iOS 6 world, developers now have a choice of using Apple’s new MapKit to embed map tiles and location services in their app, or to use Google’s newly separate Google Maps SDK along with Google’s tiles and location services. Both have strengths and weaknesses, including design and data quality. To compare and contrast [...]
YouTube Capture updates with support for iPad
Posted by ryan on March 14th, 2013
YouTube Capture has been updated to add support for the iPad. Now universal, YouTube Capture allows you to take videos and directly upload them to YouTube. Just like the iPhone version, YouTube Capture on the iPad is capable of uploading videos at 1080p. While this won’t have as much utility as the iPhone version, it’s [...]
Forums: Apple Maps vs. Google Maps, iPhone 5S, Jailbreaking, iOS vs. Android
Posted by ryan on March 8th, 2013
Interested in iPhone, iPad, or Apple and looking to have some great conversations? Got a burning question or frustrating problem you just want help fixing? Already an expert and eager to share your knowledge? Well, all that and more is just waiting for you in the iMore forums. Here are today’s hot topics: Apple Maps vs. [...]
Apple Maps surprisingly wins three way shootout against Waze and Google Maps
Posted by ryan on March 8th, 2013
PC Magazine’s John C. Dvorak has tested three mapping applications available for iPhone and very surprisingly the much maligned Apple Maps came out on top in the tests. The testers were Leo LaPorte from TWiT who was using the Waze app, John C. Dvorak who had Google Maps and finally Glenn Rubenstein who had Apple [...]
Google Maps updated with Contacts search, faster local search
Posted by ryan on March 5th, 2013
Google Maps has recieved it’s first updated since its launch in December. Version 1.1 includes Google Contacts search, improved local search, and the choice between miles and kilometers for distance units. The English language version of the app is now available the following countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE. Google Contacts [...]
Posted in iPhone, iPad & iPod Tags: Google Contacts, Google Maps, Source Google Maps, UAE 2 Comments »Google opens their Maps SDK, lets developers replace in-app Apple Maps
Posted by ryan on February 22nd, 2013
Last night Google updated and opened up their SDK making it possible for any developer to use embedded Google Maps in their apps instead of Apple’s Maps. According to Google’s Geo Developer Blog, some new features are also included in the updated Google Maps SDK for iOS: This version of the SDK includes support for [...]
The iPhone is once again one of the best Google phones on the planet
Posted by ryan on January 8th, 2013
With Google’s latest generation of better designed iOS apps, including Google+, Gmail, YouTube, Google Search, Google Maps, Chrome, and more, the iPhone 5 is once again among the very best Google phones on the planet. iOS may not enjoy the deep integration into everything Google that Android does, but for most things, the overall performance [...]
