Cloud Computing: Apple Maps Reportedly Sandbagged Google

Google appears to be perfectly happy to let Apple dangle in the wind and not rush to take advantage of complaints about its newfangled maps program by putting an iOS 6-compatible Google Maps application on the market. The Verge, however, claims Google was blindsided when Apple unilaterally announced in June that it would drop Google Maps from its widgets because their Google Maps arrangement had more than a year left to run. The announcement forced Google to scramble to develop an iOS 6 app and it won’t be able to ship anything for several months. The Verge says Apple felt the Google Maps for iOS that it bundled was falling years behind the Android program, missing popular items like turn-by-turn navigation. Apple’s new maps have that missing ingredient.

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