Google has sounded the death knell for its crowdsourced map correction system, Google Map Maker, ending its long-term use at the end of March. Never fear, though, many of those features will make a ...

When we first compared these two mapping services in 2012, Google trumped Apple in every category, but Apple Maps has vastly improved since then and matches its rival in most areas. We now feel ...

Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' Computer Select, back when CDs were new-fangled, and IBM's PC XT was wowing the crowds at Comdex. He spent more ...

When Apple first released its original Maps client for iPhone, it introduced a fundamental change in how users approached maps. While Apple's use of Google's map data caused many to assume that the ...

Welcome to our weekly Apple Breakfast column, which includes all the Apple news you missed last week in a handy bite-sized roundup. We call it Apple Breakfast because we think it goes great with a ...

UPDATE (December 1, 2025): Google Maps has received a number of new features recently, including Gemini integration. Read more about it at the end of the article. Summary: Google Maps, the company’s ...

First launched in 2005, Google Maps has helped hundreds of millions of people plot billions of trips worldwide. It’s one of the most indispensable Internet services available: more than 54% of all ...

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would ...