Waze goes Google, taking it out of play and making maps red-hot

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Maps continue their red-hot march as the interface for travel, as Google officially agrees to purchase mapping application Waze.

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MapQuest releases place sharing and traffic rerouting to mobile product

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MapQuest continues to bolster their brand with a refreshed and reinvigorated product offering. The latest update to the mobile experience is an integrated social sharing feature for places.

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3 Web apps that make Google Street View seem amazing again

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From Instant Street View to writing a message across an image, we’ve found some creative uses of Google Street View, the famous mapping function that gives 360-degree street-level imagery of locations worldwide.

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MapQuest ramps up travel services with Pinterest-style Discover planning and sharing platform

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Considered by many to be a forgotten service after the emergence of Google Maps in recent years, MapQuest wants to fight back and muscle in on the world of travel planning.

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Maps, travel search and how the game is changing for the better

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No matter what map service or platform we’re talking about, I think now, more than ever, one thing is clear—digital maps and mapping technologies are more important than they’ve ever been.

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Quirky travel mapping application allows travelers to visualize trip planning

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Go Pro Travelling has announced their new take on maps, an interactive mapping application that allows users to plot out trips and collaborate with friends, family and colleagues to build trips in a visually engaging way.

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Mobile, maps, travel and the Walk-In Economy

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The War of the Maps (Worlds? Ha!) between Apple and Google is that the struggle is not about immediate revenue, it is about ownership of geo-behavioral data and overall strategic positioning

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Apple admits to falling short on its Maps app

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Today Apple’s CEO Tim Cook published a letter of apology on the company’s website in what is a nod to the spate of negative user reviews over the digital maps the company used to replace Google Maps for its iPhone and iPad operating system.

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Apple reveals iOS6, misplaces some towns and businesses

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The much anticipated release of iOS 6 came to a head yesterday, as millions of iOS users were finally able to download the latest update to Apple’s popular software.

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HipGeo app for iPhone adds location-based video

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Today HipGeo, the trip journal app for iPhone and iPad, has added functionality that lets you record travel video and automatically geo-locate it on a map and timeline that can be shared with others.

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