If Steve Jobs were still alive: 1) would it have even been released (as it now stands?) and, 2) would he have offered an apology for the PR / technology-fiasco that Apple has got on their hands regarding their clearly inferior mapping technology!
(Source) The Washington Post: http://goo.gl/ygRvm
Apple’s mapping fiasco has opened the door for various applications to sieze advantage of (via iTunes no less!)
(Source) Business Week: http://goo.gl/kb3i1
It appears that spoken-word, turn-by-turn directions is / was the deal-breaker between Apple and Google. Simply put: the challenge now for the former is to actually find ‘their way’ within this space period!
(Source) CNET: http://goo.gl/fGU1L
Once the leader (within a then nascent space) MySpace’s long-decline has been well documented… the challenge is can it regain past glory?
(Source) BBC: http://goo.gl/mt8bh
In light of the current tumult within the region, Iran has blocked certain Google services as a preemptive measure. The obvious challenge (for the nation’s government) is can they fully clamp down on any given individual’s desire to access information?
(Source) The Guardian UK: http://goo.gl/yl6kN
Roll out the barrels!
Apple has had a lot of commercial hits (that have become iconic) over the past few years; the list is fairly well known and need not be reviewed. However, the firm has had some big-misses too (Mobile Me anyone?) Towards that end, all the flack that the firm is catching over having replaced Google Maps in their latest (iOS6) software update (which at this juncture has revealed that the firm is essentially weak within this area in comparison to Google / other related services, etc.) is justifiable in the court-of-public-opinion.
Independent of the aforementioned, for those of you that can’t recall Apple actually missing the mark (big-time) at any other time (which is possible)… recall the Newton (an early failed PDA) eMate 300 (the first netbook that was ahead of this categories’ time that was also a failure) Macintosh TV (ditto that for being too far ahead too) and the U2 iPod (which could be argued was not a failure as much as a niche offering) although Bono’s profile (akin to Jerry West’s being used by the NBA) is still a prevalent iTunes’ icon.
(Source) ZD Net: http://goo.gl/htWpe
Getting paid to wait in line (okay, live in line might be a better term) for the newest iPhone to be available in a store… there’s not an app for that; there’s a human for that!
(Source) Vanity Fair: http://goo.gl/J7bCp
Apple’s newest iOS 6 is set to drop today (in America) at 1:00 p.m. EST… Let the downloading frenzy begin…
(Source) Slash Gear: http://goo.gl/S9kjG
Apple’s newest iOS 6 is slated to be available 9/19 which essentially means that their newest iPhone 5 should be in the hands of countless (US) consumers at a minimum in short order.
(Source) Apple Insider: http://goo.gl/1Ck60
