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Education 2012 (Wed 5, Dec)
Google's maps app is once again on the iPhone
After a five year relationship, Apple had ditched Google's mapping data in favour of its own in September. The results were less than spectacular. By making its own app, Google is no longer collecting licensing fees from Apple, but it has the opportunity to make money by displaying advertisements in the software. Similarly, Google had provided the content for Apple's YouTube app for the past five years -- but when Apple cancelled that arrangement, Google released its own advertising-supported YouTube app in September. Three months, an apology from Apple's CEO and an ousted high-ranking executive later, Google Maps made a triumphant return Wednesday night, and it is now available for download on the iTunes App Store. The app features turn-by-turn navigation, live traffic information, and public transportation directions -- all of which were missing or problematic on Apple's new maps app. Google took the opportunity to call attention to its superior mapping data.
Mrs. Pantharee Xanthavanij ID: 551-9515 (panthareex.blogspot.com)
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