DuckDuckGo announces new Apple MapKit fueled search improvements

Search provider DuckDuckGo is dramatically expanding their use of Apple Maps for better searching with the same commitment to privacy.

Amber Neely 6 years ago 21

Hands on with iOS 13 'Look Around' in Apple Maps

Apple is improving Apple Maps with the newly announced "Look Around," an interactive neighborhood map rival to Google's Street View.

Amber Neely 7 years ago 21

Apple Maps car spotted mid-route in Italy, being cleaned

A vehicle used by Apple to capture images for Apple Maps has been spotted in Italy, with a pair of operators reportedly fixing a problem with the on-vehicle camera system in the middle of one of its journeys on Tuesday.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 8

Maxell sues Apple over navigation, camera & data tech patents

Long-time magnetic storage and electronics maker Maxell on Friday launched a lawsuit against Apple, accusing it of violating 10 U.S. patents, some of them inherited from Hitachi.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 21

Apple Sunnyvale office described as 'black site' with tenuous work conditions

A new report gives a rare look into the Sunnyvale, Calif. Apple Maps satellite office on Hammerwood, where workers decry working conditions and describe it as a "black site."

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 29

Apple expands on-foot recon for Apple Maps, debuts overhauled schedule site

Apple has revamped its schedule site for Apple Maps ground reconnaissance, simultaneously revealing more on-foot efforts in the U.S. and plans to start the first vehicle work in Andorra.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 5

DuckDuckGo adds Apple Maps integration for local search results

Users of the privacy-focused DuckDuckGo will be seeing local search results with Apple Maps integration, the search engine has confirmed, with the integration of MapKit JS being used both for location-based searches as well as the Maps tab.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 8

India gets long-awaited turn-by-turn directions for Apple Maps

Long a staple in places like the U.S. and Canada, turn-by-turn directions for Apple Maps have finally come to the world's second-biggest country, India.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 12

Apple confirms pedestrian-level Maps data collection, initially limited to California

Apple has confirmed plans to conduct more on-foot data collection for Apple Maps, going beyond the first efforts in San Francisco.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 18

Apple Maps team spotted doing on-foot sensor recon in San Francisco

In what appears to be a first for Apple, data collection for Apple Maps is now being done on foot and not just in vehicles, photos published on Friday reveal.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 49

Apple begins using smaller Subaru cars to capture Apple Maps data

Apple is reportedly deploying a new vehicle, the Subaru Impreza hatchback, to its fleet of vehicles driving the world to collect first-party Maps data.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 15

Apple's new India chief pursues aggressive strategy to revive cold iPhone sales

Despite recent claims to the contrary, the new head of Apple's India operations, ex-Singapore executive Michel Coulomb, is reportedly pursuing an aggressive strategy to save iPhone sales in the country, which have dwindled to just 1 percent of the local phone market.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 14

Apple taking Maps 'to the next level' in iOS 12

Not content with the uneven coverage in Apple Maps since its 2012 launch, Apple on Friday revealed that it will debut limited first-party maps data in the next iOS 12 beta, expanding that coverage as time goes on.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 76

Apple Maps recovers from multi-hour partial service outage affecting search & directions [u]

Apple Maps endured a multi-hour partial service outage on Friday, with a large number of users unable to use the navigational functions to get directions on the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac versions of the app.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 39

Apple Maps extends to the web with MapKit JS beta

Apple is expanding what can be done with Apple Maps, announcing at WWDC 2018 that MapKit JS can be used to embed maps within a website, a function that has been offered by its competition for a considerable amount of time.

Malcolm Owen 8 years ago 36

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