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Apple to Google: f**k you

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 12, 2012

Apple really stick it to Google by supplanting Google Maps in iOS 6 with in-house mapping service, didn't it? But more than anything, yesterday's WWDC keynote has proven that Apple is just as merciless without Steve Jobs.

As both tech giants fight tooth and nail for mindshare, Cupertino is now adamant to go thermonuclear on everything Google, not just Maps.

The iPhone maker demonstrated its incredible agility and willingness to fight Google on multiple dimensions yesterday. To that extent, iOS 6 could be viewed as the biggest step yet in the de-Googlification of iOS.

Here's why...

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Apple also using Bing Maps images in iOS 6 Maps

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated November 19, 2018

Whoa, it looks like Apple's brand new in-house Maps solution in iOS 6 sources some content from Microsoft's Bing Maps.

The iPhone maker taps more than a dozen of providers for various mapping data used in iOS 6 Maps.

However, the Redmond giant is not officially included on Apple's list of Maps acknowledgments, even if some of the images used reportedly have Microsoft attribution...

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iOS 6 color-matches status bar to the app you’re running

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 12, 2012

Here's another little tweak in Apple's upcoming iOS 6 mobile operating system that didn't got any mention at yesterday's WWDC keynote. According to the agile Reddit community, the status bar in iOS 6 changes color to match the app you're running.

This subtle visual hint doesn't seem to work with all apps (yet) so it's probably something that needs to be enabled by third-party developers. It's kinda cool, check out the screenies right below...

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The 2012 Apple Design Award Winners announced

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Apple yesterday announced this year's winners of its prestigious Design Award that recognizes the best of the best in iOS and Mac app design, innovation and technology adoption.

This is a major recognition for a bunch of apps that Apple's reviewers think are well-designed, state of the art and innovative. Here's the complete list...

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Verizon putting new shared data plans into effect beginning June 28

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 12, 2012

AllThingsD reports that Verizon is about to throw down the gauntlet to its rivals in the United States by introducing a big change to how it charges customers for wireless services.

Instead of charging people based on their voice minutes spent and text messages sent, the big red carrier will "almost exclusively" invoice users based on how much data they are using.

The new plans are said to go into effect June 28 and will reportedly be the only option available to new customers...

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New in iOS 6: update Twitter and Facebook from Notification Center

Cody Lee ∙ June 11, 2012

Along with adding deep Facebook integration into iOS 6, Apple has also implemented a new Update bar in Notification Center. The bar allows users to quickly compose a new tweet or status update.

While this may not be the third-party widgets we were all hoping for, it will certainly prove useful. Now you'll be able to post to both Twitter and Facebook, without ever having to open their respective apps...

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Apple taps TomTom as new iOS 6 Maps provider

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 9, 2018

While we knew that Apple was looking to knock off Google as the Maps provider for iOS, we weren't exactly sure how it was going to do it. Was it building an in-house database? Using OpenStreetMaps?

Well as it turns out, neither of those answers were correct. According to the Acknowledgement page from inside the new iOS 6 Maps application, Apple is using mapping services from TomTom...

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iOS 6 brings iCloud tabs, full-screen browsing and more to Safari

Cody Lee ∙ Updated April 4, 2018

While it isn't necessarily the complete rebuild we were hoping for, Apple announced today that mobile Safari is going to be getting some improvements and a few new features with iOS 6.

The headlining new addition is iCloud Tabs, which will sync all of your open tabs from the desktop Safari app with iOS. Don't use desktop Safari? Don't worry, there's more...

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iTunes 10.6.3 is out, get downloading

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 11, 2012

Apple has just released a new iTunes version 10.6.3 that features support for iOS 6 beta. It looks like a maintenance release aimed at only supporting the new capabilities provided by iOS 6.

It's a bit surprising that Apple decided to make iTunes 10.6.3 available to everyone as iOS 6 is in beta and normally one needs a paid developer account to download and install iOS betas...

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WWDC 2012 keynote video now available

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

Apple has just published a dedicated WWDC keynote stream page to its website, it's available right here.

Apple will hopefully release the full presentation as a high-definition downloadable podcast via their dedicated Apple Keynotes section in iTunes...

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