iPhone 1.1.3 update: Google Maps first impressions

by Chris Ullrich (Jan 16th 2008 6:00AM)

This particular post won't be near as in-depth as one Erica might do (she knows way more about the iPhone than I) but I just wanted to share my first impressions of the new Google Maps functionality on the iPhone after today's 1.1.3 software update. ...

Google Maps app gets overhauled, adds Uber and Opentable

by Mike Wehner (Nov 5th 2014 5:00PM)

Google Maps, otherwise known as the mapping app that Apple Maps so desperately wishes it could be, got a little bit better today with an app refresh. The update brings with it a cleaner look and less clutter, which happens to match the post-iOS 7 a...

Google Maps for iOS gets a welcome update

by Mel Martin (Jan 15th 2015 2:00PM)

Google has issued an update to its popular and free Google Maps app for iOS. The update to version 4.2.0 offers filtered restaurant searches that let you specify cuisine type, price and rating, and it gives you weather information from around the wor...

Widget watch: Google maps

by Dave Caolo (Jun 20th 2005 5:00PM)

Here's another widget that I'd dare categorize as "useful." The Google maps widget works much like the Google maps webpage, in that it provides a very clean way to view maps and satellite photos of locations in the US, UK and Canada. Naviga...

How to save offline maps in Google Maps 3.0

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 12th 2014 11:35AM)

Google recently improved its offline maps feature in the popular Google Maps app (version 3.0), making it easier to both save a map to your iPhone or iPad for offline use and access it when you need it for travel purposes. Here is a quick rundown o...

Google Maps now available on App Store

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Dec 12th 2012 11:40PM)

As reported earlier tonight, Google has released its native Maps app to the App Store to the joy and relief of map-users everywhere. Some users, however, are saying that the app is not available to them, but I was able to load it just fine. This...

Put Google Maps back on your iPhone with Maps+

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 19th 2012 11:00AM)

If you're one of the many who are underwhelmed with Apple's Maps and wish you could get Google Maps back on your iPhone, I highly recommend downloading Maps+. Besides using the Google Maps API, Maps+ offers several features now missing in Apple'...

Comparing Google maps and Apple's maps on iOS 6

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th 2012 3:00PM)

In iOS 6, Apple is ditching its Google-backed Maps application and using its own mapping solution instead. With turn-by-turn navigation and 3D flyover, Apple's new mapping application is a big jump from its predecessor which lacked these convenien...

Google Maps API now open to all iOS developers

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 22nd 2013 8:00AM)

Back in December when Google launched its Google Maps app for iOS, it also quietly launched a Google maps SDK for iOS developers. The SDK allowed developers to do two things: first, they could embed Google Maps in their apps instead of Apple Map...

New Google Maps SDK for iOS brings more goodies for developers

by Michael Grothaus (Jul 17th 2013 2:00PM)

Users aren't the only ones to benefit from the latest release of Google Maps for iOS. Today Google released the 1.4 version of its Google Maps SDK for iOS. The update allows developers to take advantage of several new features of Google Maps, inc...

Google Maps now works in Safari

by Scott McNulty (Feb 25th 2005 8:38AM)

This is for all you Googlians out there who love maps, Macs, and Safari and really who doesn’t? Google’s new and fancy mapping service was recently rolled out without support for Safari making some Mac users question the very mean...

Google Maps for iPhone losing share to Apple Maps app

by Steven Sande (Nov 11th 2013 4:30PM)

Despite a launch that was misdirecting drivers, moving Australian towns and otherwise making people quite unhappy, the Apple Maps app appears to be not only getting over its initial issues, but also gaining a tremendous amount of market share -- at...