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September 29, 2012

New Apple maps app under fire from users

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:20 am

by Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC

Inaccuracies and misplaced towns and cities in Apple’s new map software have provoked anger from users. In June Apple announced it would stop using Google Maps in favour of its own system, created using data from navigation firm TomTom and others. Apple is yet to comment on the complaints about the software, which comes already installed on the new iPhone. TomTom said it provided only data and was not responsible for how it worked. The software is packaged with iOS6, the latest version of Apple’s operating system, which runs on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Previously, the system had an app running mapping software from Google.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19659736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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