Apple ditches Google; partners with Bing for Siri search

12 Jun, 2013, 4:47 pm IST Nishtha Kanal iOS 1 Comments

Microsoft’s pet search engine Bing has replaced Google Search as the brain behind Siri in iOS 7. Besides a brand new look, sound and capabilities, Siri is getting a brand new search engine too... More

Yelp open to partnering with Facebook's rival offering

01 Jun, 2013, 9:46 am IST General

Consumer review aggregator Yelp, which analysts say could face intense competition from Facebook's "graph search", is open to partnering with the social networking website's latest offering... More

Yahoo! reportedly in talks with Apple for deeper iOS integration

10 Apr, 2013, 6:22 pm IST Nishtha Kanal General

Yahoo! has reportedly commenced talks with Apple over deeper integration of the company’s apps and services in iOS devices. The companies are discussing. More

California court rules motorists can't use hand-held map

10 Apr, 2013, 10:01 am IST Apps

Spriggs is at the heart of a novel court case that has technology blogs and social media sites buzzing about the $160 ticket plus court costs he was ordered to pay for "distracted driving." More

Apple working on Street View-like feature for Apple Maps

05 Apr, 2013, 5:42 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Apps

Apple Maps were widely criticised when they first launched, but the Cupertino company has slowly made changes and updated the apps to provide similar More

Apple gears up to go indoors, acquires GPS-mapping startup WiFiSLAM

25 Mar, 2013, 9:59 am IST Nishtha Kanal Apps 1 Comments

The indoor mobile location service war is only just heating up. Google had better step up its... More

Samsung Galaxy S4 blitz may prompt Apple rethink

16 Mar, 2013, 9:23 am IST Smartphones 3 Comments

Samsung's newest, feature-packed Galaxy S4 may put pressure on Apple Inc to accelerate its pace of smartphone design and venture into cheaper devices - both departures from usual practice. More

Regular updates bring more features to Apple's Maps

13 Mar, 2013, 4:52 pm IST Shunal Doke Smartphones

Apple’s decision to replace Google Maps and using its own Maps app has been met with almost universal criticism and the company seems to be taking the More

Toyota embraces Nokia HERE for next-gen navigation system

02 Feb, 2013, 12:35 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones 1 Comments

Nokia has won another bout in its everlasting battle with Google. Only this time the stage was not the smart phone platform but Maps. In a major victory, More

Top 10 Tech Highlights of 2012

27 Dec, 2012, 5:52 pm IST Priyanka Tilve, Naina Khedekar Smartphones

While the world didn’t end, as was speculated, the year 2012 was marked by a series of events that are sure to shape the future of tech as we know it. More

Facebook updates 'Nearby' feature for iOS and Android

18 Dec, 2012, 12:07 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

Facebook updated both its Android and iOS apps with the ‘Nearby’ feature on Monday; the feature helps discover businesses close to where you are. More

Apple Australia map glitch: Snakes! In the desert!

11 Dec, 2012, 9:50 am IST Software

Australian police have warned travellers off using Apple's troubled iPhone mapping software after several ... More

Amazon takes Maps API out of beta

29 Nov, 2012, 11:20 am IST Nishtha Kanal Tablets 1 Comments

Move over Google Maps if you own a Kindle Fire. The default map service on your tablet might soon Amazon’s. In an announcement, Amazon said that the More

TomTom opens up maps to developers

16 Nov, 2012, 5:31 pm IST Web services

Mapping software company TomTom has made its vast mapping data available to apps developers, providing an alternative to companies that now ... More

Google Maps for iOS may be nearing completion

16 Nov, 2012, 4:16 pm IST Aaron Almeida Web services 2 Comments

Google is putting the finishing touches on its iOS Maps app ahead of submitting it to Apple. More

Google Earth 7 for desktop available for download

01 Nov, 2012, 6:15 pm IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 9 Comments

Users can now view 3D imagery on Google Earth on an even bigger screen by downloading Google Earth 7 on their desktops. More

Google Maps updated with visual enhancements

27 Oct, 2012, 10:01 am IST Anuradha Shetty Web services 1 Comments

In its latest update to Google Maps, Google has included terrain and colour gradations to represent vegetation, and labels for natural land formations. More

Google Maps for iOS 6 may be in alpha, screenshots leaked

15 Oct, 2012, 1:28 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Web services 2 Comments

App Maps developer Ben Guild has posted leaked screenshots and details of what he says is the alpha build of Google Maps for iOS 6. More

Taiwan asking Apple to blur satellite image

10 Oct, 2012, 9:03 am IST Web services

Taiwan is asking Apple Inc. to blur a map image of its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station that can detect aircraft and missiles coming ... More

iOS 6 users face Wi-Fi, connectivity issues

08 Oct, 2012, 5:33 pm IST Ramkumar Iyer Web services 7 Comments

It appears iOS 6 may also cause problems when connecting to Wi-Fi. More