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According to sources who spoke with 9TO5Mac, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finishing up work on a completely upgraded version of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch Maps app, set to come out with the next major iOS release. Sources indicated that the new Maps product would be designed to compete head to...

When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled details of its CarPlay on Monday, all the buzz was over what the new technology can do. On Tuesday, the buzz is over what CarPlay cannot do. iPhone users who are faithful Pandora subscribers are likely to be disappointed if they were hoping to be able to stream...

Roughly one year ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apologized for replacing Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own app. Known simply as Maps, the app proved to be more problematic than anyone could have ever anticipated. "At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is investigating a couple of issues involving its e-mail service. According to Google, the company received reports of an issue with Gmail earlier this morning. The firm began to investigate those issues at 10:25 a.m. At 11:45 a.m., Google said that some messages were being...

Bump, a popular app for iPhone and Android that allows users to transfer files, photos and videos between their smartphones and computers by “bumping” the computer space bar, announced in a blog post Monday that it had been acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Long on happy talk, short on details...

Labor Day weekend represents one final chance for most people to enjoy a trip before summer officially ends. With an improving economy and lower gas prices (for now, at least), AAA said it expects a record number of people to travel 50 miles or more during the holiday weekend. In fact, the...

Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just updated its Chrome smartphone browser again – this time for iOS devices, according to MacWorld. The new and updated features, while not groundbreaking, are significant. They include an accessible history, improved voice search, upgraded text-to-speech, and a full...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly interested in acquiring Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app for iOS and Android. According to TechCrunch, Waze was the only app to gain "meaningful market share" after Apple's own mapping program failed. The company believes that it has a lot to...

Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been downloaded by more than 10 million iOS 6 users. This announcement came less than one week after Google brought its famous mapping application back to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many iDevices. The iPhone maker erroneously removed Google Maps as the default navigation...

There is a lot of speculation surrounding the arrival of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maps on iOS 6. Most argue that this is a big win for Google and a huge loss for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which may have lost any hope of persuading users to stick with its own Maps app. At least one analyst believes that...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has brought its famous mapping application back to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iDevices with a new iteration that is designed specifically for iOS 6. This is big news for Google, but will it be enough to erase the bad memories incurred by Apple's lackluster Maps app? For some...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is set to announce a deal with Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) that will greatly enhance its mapping services, presenting another challenge for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which failed to define iOS 6 as a leading mapping tool. It also presents a challenge to Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), the world...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has apologized for replacing Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maps with a sub-par Maps App that pulls data from TomTom, a manufacturer of GPS devices. "At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers," Apple CEO Tim Cook wrote...