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If you love sharing your travel stories and photos, road-tripping app HipGeo recently got a redesign that lets users document and share their experiences with remarkable ease.

The free iPhone and iPad app from Los Angeles-based HipGeo passively records your location as you travel. It can then mash your pics and comments into an animated map and travel diary for sharing.

The app tags (more…)

A couple of weeks back, we reported that 
called C3 Technologies, which specialized in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
 - the other two mapping companies Apple has acquired in the last two years.
, ”
C3 also makes awesome street level imagery captured using “an advanced multiple camera system with overlapping viewing angles to capture the entire surroundings in stereo.”
In addition to street (more…)

 in the last two years and has been hiring talent to take the native maps application to the next level.
 now reports that Apple has acquired another mapping company called C3 Technologies. They specialize in making 3D maps from photo data using declassified missile-targeting technology.
Sources say that C3 Technologies CEO Mattias Astrom , C3 Technologies CFO Kjell Cederstrand, and lead C3 Technologies Product Manager Ludvig Emgard are now (more…)

devices heavily relies on Google’s data, something which
surely doesn’t like. With acquisitions of mapping companies Poly9 and
, Apple hopes to change this very soon and a new patent filing indicates that it might use the data from these companies to build Augmented Reality right into the default Maps app. The patent filing also hints at turn by turn navigation, which would be superimposed on a real time video feed from the camera.
into a single (more…)

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Last week, we had heard rumors that
.
Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt has confirmed it in an interview at AllThingsD’s D9 Conference yesterday. He revealed that Google has just renewed its Map and Search partnership with Apple .
“We just renewed our Map and Search agreements with Apple , and we hope those continue for a long time.”
and Poly9, there were some speculations that Apple will move away from its dependency on Google as much as possible. (more…)

As you may know, the pre-installed Maps application in the iPhone uses Google’s map data. But after Apple bought
and Poly9, it was widely speculated that Apple will move away from its dependency on Google as much as possible.
back in October 2009 also hinted that Apple wanted to take the Maps application to the next level.
, which will compete with
.
, Apple will continue to use Google’s map data in iOS 5:
Now, sources have told 9to5Google (more…)

Google has released an updated version of Google Maps for mobile browsers for iOS and Android devices.
According to Google, the reason for releasing a new version of its Google Maps web app is to provide users a consistent experience wherever they use it.
Frankly, it’s disappointing to see Google releasing updated version of their Google Maps web app when we’ve been waiting for the native
.
with features such as 3D views, turn-by-turn (more…)

If you are a frequent traveler, you must have definitely realized the importance of the Maps application on your iPhone . The navigation apps available with such modern day smartphones make it extremely simple for users to explore new places.
However, until now, iPhone users have had to contend with a two-dimensional view on the pre-installed Maps app besides having to put up with unreliable connectivity when they are on the move or invest in relatively (more…)

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in November this year. Incidentally, American users are expected to switch back to Standard Time on November 7 while European (more…)