Apple enables Maps Transit directions in Madrid
Apple this week activated Transit directions in Madrid, Spain, offering users in the area access to local bus, train and metro travel data.
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Apple unveils iOS 11 with P2P Apple Pay transfers, a new sound for Siri, AirPlay 2, more
The next major update for iOS is turned up to 11, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook joked on Monday in unveiling the software update. It includes a revamped Control Center with deep 3D Touch support, the ability to directly transfer money to friends with Apple Pay, a new voice for Siri, and multi-speaker support with AirPlay 2.
Major apps abandoning Apple Watch, including Google Maps, Amazon & eBay [u]
In recent months, major companies that offered dedicated Apple Watch apps have since abandoned the platform, quietly removing support for watchOS in updates submitted to the App Store.
Neil Hughes
Apple Maps expands into Middle East with Traffic for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Apple in a recent update to Maps activated Traffic data for two Middle Eastern countries, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, though it appears only major metropolitan areas are supported at this time.
Mikey Campbell
Google's Top News results for 'Great Barrier Reef' directs to fringe political commentary
Google's algorithmic efforts to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful" are again facing a critical failure, calling into question confidence in the search giant's unfinished, buggy artificial intelligence that's currently stomping all over its mission statement.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Apple Maps gains public transit directions for Detroit/Windsor area
Apple this week updated its Maps apps for iOS and macOS with public transit directions for Detroit, Mich., as well as the neighboring Canadian city of Windsor.
Roger Fingas
Apple rolls out Maps transit directions in New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras
Apple has once again expanded the availability ot public transit directions in its Maps apps for iOS and macOS, this time brining them to New Orleans a few weeks ahead the city's annual Mardi Gras festival.
Google updates Maps on iOS with better ridesharing UI, end-to-end Uber integration
Google on Thursday updated its Maps apps for iOS and Android alike with a new, more in-depth ridesharing interface, including deeper integration with Uber that lets people hail a car without switching apps.
Apple working to integrate grade crossings in Maps after federal lobby
Citing a recent uptick in accidents at grade crossings, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board on Monday issued a safety recommendation asking 11 technology and delivery companies, including Apple and Google, to integrate the locations of more than 200,000 such crossings into their respective digital mapping products.
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