Google Map App For iOS 6 Surpassed 10M Download In 48 Hours
No surprise that Google Maps for iOS is a huge hit. It is now reported that the app experienced more than 10 million downloads in less than 48 hours. And it is now the number 1 free app on the Apple App Store.
Google Map app features:
Search
- Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
- Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
- Sign in to sync your searches, directions, and favorite places between your computer and your phone.
Directions
- Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
- Find your way by train, bus, subway or walking directions.
- Access live traffic information in cities across the world.
Street View and imagery
- View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
- See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
- View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.
Download now at the Apple App Store
Google Map App Released For iOS 6
Rejoice people, Google has finally released Google Map for iOS 6 for iPhone for now. Now you will not be sent to the middle of the lake or getting lost in the mountain without food and water.
Google Map app features:
Search
- Find addresses, places and businesses around the world with Google local search.
- Discover places to eat, drink, shop and play, with ratings and local reviews.
- Sign in to sync your searches, directions, and favorite places between your computer and your phone.
Directions
- Get voice guided, turn-by-turn driving directions.
- Find your way by train, bus, subway or walking directions.
- Access live traffic information in cities across the world.
Street View and imagery
- View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View.
- See inside more than 100,000 businesses worldwide.
- View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world.
Download now at the Apple App Store
Apple To Pay For Copying Swiss Clock Design
The Swiss Federal Railway service, or SBB, is not happy with Apple ripping of the design of their clock for the new iOS 6 clock app found on iPad. Apple won $1.05 billion in damages from Samsung recently due to Samsung copying Apple’s icon designs. Well now we are seeing Apple doing the same.
Apple and the Swiss Federal Railway have reached an agreement on the use of the station clock design on certain devices such as iPads and iPhones. This arrangement has been mutually agreed by both parties in a license agreement.
Apple Accused Of Ripping Off Swiss Clock Design
The Swiss Federal Railway service, or SBB, is not happy with Apple ripping of the design of their clock for the new iOS 6 clock app found on iPad. Apple won $1.05 billion in damages from Samsung recently due to Samsung copying Apple’s icon designs. Well now we are seeing Apple doing the same. Check it out yourself and what do you think?
Apple Released iOS 6
Apple has released iOS 6 for iPad and iPhone.The new OS will run on the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPhone 5; the iPad 2 and third-generation iPad; and the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod touch. You can now update it for free by going to iTunes and do an update on your mobile devices.
New iOS 6 features include:
- new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover view
- new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings
- Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari® and Maps
- Shared Photo Streams via iCloud
- Passbook app, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.
Siri – This will be available for iPad. Better support for finding sport scores, restaurant by ratings and make reservations, get movie times and trailers, integration into cars called Eyes Free.
Facebook integration – Mark Zuckerberg will be happy with this. Post your photos, locations to Facebook. Notification Center will have Facebook post. Facebook events will appear in calendars.
Phone – updated with the ability to decline incoming call and setup reminder to call later or reply to message. Do not disturb feature will control which calls comes in. Lost mode send a phone number to your phone for the person who found it. Not good if it was stolen though.
Passbook app – collect boarding passes, movie tickets, etc.
Maps – No more Google Map. Apple’s own solution to mapping including 3D flyover, Siri integration, Yelp, traffic service and turn by turn navigation.
Mail – Insert photos and videos to mail. VIPs allows you to mark someone to be notified.
Facetime – Call over mobile. Unify Apple ID with phone number so that you can answer on your iOS device or Mac.
Safari – iCloud tabs sync with iOS device and your Mac.
Others – Clock for iPad, Game Center challenges, redesigned App Store, Alarm with song, email signature and more.
Apple Updates iTunes To 10.6.3 With iOS 6 Compatibility
Apple has released iTunes 10.6.3 and it is available now available for download for the Windows and Mac platforms.
Here are the updates:
- Media manager to support the latest operating system, iOS 6
- Addresses a problem where iTunes may become unresponsive when syncing an iPad (1st generation) that contains an iBooks textbook
- Fixes a problem where photos synced to a device may appear in an unexpected order
- Resolves an issue where iTunes may unexpectedly delete playlists created on a device
- Fixes issues where iTunes may unexpectedly delete apps on a device
- Improves overall performance and reliability
Apple’s iOS 6 Features New Map, Siri For iPad And More
Apple has revealed at the WDDC 2012, the upcoming iOS 6 which has over 200 new features for their mobile devices.
New iOS 6 features include:
- new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover view
- new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings
- Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari® and Maps
- Shared Photo Streams via iCloud
- Passbook app, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.
Siri – This will be available for iPad. Better support for finding sport scores, restaurant by ratings and make reservations, get movie times and trailers, integration into cars called Eyes Free.
Facebook integration – Mark Zuckerberg will be happy with this. Post your photos, locations to Facebook. Notification Center will have Facebook post. Facebook events will appear in calendars.
Phone – updated with the ability to decline incoming call and setup reminder to call later or reply to message. Do not disturb feature will control which calls comes in. Lost mode send a phone number to your phone for the person who found it. Not good if it was stolen though.
Passbook app – collect boarding passes, movie tickets, etc.
Maps – No more Google Map. Apple’s own solution to mapping including 3D flyover, Siri integration, Yelp, traffic service and turn by turn navigation.
Mail – Insert photos and videos to mail. VIPs allows you to mark someone to be notified.
Facetime – Call over mobile. Unify Apple ID with phone number so that you can answer on your iOS device or Mac.
Safari – iCloud tabs sync with iOS device and your Mac.
Others – Game Center challenges, redesigned App Store, Alarm with song, email signature and more.
Full info on Apple Press release
Apple MacBook Pro 2012 May Not Be Thinner And No Retina Display
According to the poster on Chinese Forum, WeiPhone, the 15-inch MacBook Pro will not have the thin enclosure as for MacBook Air. The new MBP will have either 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz or 2.7GHz Ivy Bridge processors, a Nvidia’s GeForce GT 650M graphics card with 1GB GDDR5 graphics memory and no Retina Display.
So looks like in today’s WDDC 2012, Apple will announce a new MBP 15 inch which has the same look as the last version.
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will be on June 11 in San Francisco. Here is what we think Apple will reveal for WDDC 2012 on Monday:
- Thinner MacBook Pro 15 inch. More info about this below.
- Refreshed MacBook Air with retina display.
- iMac, Mac Pro and Mac Mini upgrades with Intel Ivy Bridge.
- Apple TV.
- iOS 6 without Google Map and replaced with Apple 3D Map.
The rumour of Apple releasing a new thinner MacBook Pro running Intel Ivy Bridge chipset is now more concrete with these leak specifications for 15 inch MBP:
- 0.74 inches thick and weighing 4.7 pounds (almost as thin as MacBook Air)
- four USB 3.0 ports
- 2560×1600 high-resolution Retina
- 16GB of 1600MHz DD3 RAM
- 750GB of hard disk drive space
- AMD Radeon HD 7770M graphics processor
- FaceTime HD camera
- Thunderbolt port
- Bluetooth 4.0
- SDXC card slot
- FireWire and Ethernet port.
What Has Apple Planned For WDDC 2012
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference will be on June 11 in San Francisco. Here is what we think Apple will reveal for WDDC 2012 on Monday:
- Thinner MacBook Pro 15 inch. More info about this below.
- Refreshed MacBook Air with retina display.
- iMac, Mac Pro and Mac Mini upgrades with Intel Ivy Bridge.
- Apple TV.
- iOS 6 without Google Map and replaced with Apple 3D Map.
The rumour of Apple releasing a new thinner MacBook Pro running Intel Ivy Bridge chipset is now more concrete with these leak specifications for 15 inch MBP:
- 0.74 inches thick and weighing 4.7 pounds (almost as thin as MacBook Air)
- four USB 3.0 ports
- 2560×1600 high-resolution Retina
- 16GB of 1600MHz DD3 RAM
- 750GB of hard disk drive space
- AMD Radeon HD 7770M graphics processor
- FaceTime HD camera
- Thunderbolt port
- Bluetooth 4.0
- SDXC card slot
- FireWire and Ethernet port.
Apple Ditching Google Maps In iOS 6
Apple might be removing Google Maps from iOS 6 and this will be revealed in Apple WDDC 2012 in June 2012. There will be a new 3-D mapping mode exclusively powered by C3 Technologies, and would provide beautiful, realistic 3-D graphics. This would replace Google Maps’ Street View or satellite view feature. Check out the video about this.
