Google Maps

Roughly one year ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook apologized for replacing Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) with its own app. Known simply as Maps, the app proved to be more problematic than anyone could have ever anticipated. "At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is investigating a couple of issues involving its e-mail service. According to Google, the company received reports of an issue with Gmail earlier this morning. The firm began to investigate those issues at 10:25 a.m. At 11:45 a.m., Google said that some messages were being...

Bump, a popular app for iPhone and Android that allows users to transfer files, photos and videos between their smartphones and computers by “bumping” the computer space bar, announced in a blog post Monday that it had been acquired by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). Long on happy talk, short on details...

Labor Day weekend represents one final chance for most people to enjoy a trip before summer officially ends. With an improving economy and lower gas prices (for now, at least), AAA said it expects a record number of people to travel 50 miles or more during the holiday weekend. In fact, the...

Fourteen years ago, tech experts predicted that the Y2K bug would create a number of problems for computers, computer networks and other electronic devices. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, as much as $300 billion was spent to upgrade computers and programs to be Y2K-compliant. When...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just updated its Chrome smartphone browser again – this time for iOS devices, according to MacWorld. The new and updated features, while not groundbreaking, are significant. They include an accessible history, improved voice search, upgraded text-to-speech, and a full...

TechCrunch reported that Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced plans on Thursday to abort Alfred, a destinations-recommendations app, on July 19. Alfred is a mobile application that allows users to search a database of local restaurants cafes, bars and nightclubs. The app lines up similar...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly interested in acquiring Waze, a community-based traffic and navigation app for iOS and Android. According to TechCrunch, Waze was the only app to gain "meaningful market share" after Apple's own mapping program failed. The company believes that it has a lot to...

Google Maps (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been downloaded by more than 10 million iOS 6 users. This announcement came less than one week after Google brought its famous mapping application back to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) many iDevices. The iPhone maker erroneously removed Google Maps as the default navigation...

There is a lot of speculation surrounding the arrival of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Maps on iOS 6. Most argue that this is a big win for Google and a huge loss for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which may have lost any hope of persuading users to stick with its own Maps app. At least one analyst believes that...