apple’s loss = google gain

 

apple’s loss = google’s gain

 

Google maps are now back with a bang on IOS after several attempts by apple to implement it’s own maps without a glitch. Apple failed miserably after its maps didn’t perform as well as expected which was like a half-baked cake.

Many of you would have already heard about this but not the whole story behind the scene. We will cover the whole story here.

 

It is believed that apple wanted google to extend support for few features like voice navigation and 3D maps for ios devices but google wanted to confine it to android. So , apple removed google maps silently while pushing the latest IOS 6 update to most of its devices. However, the actual reason for this is still unknown.

check this

10 possible reasons which would have forced apple to replace google maps :

http://www.siliconindia.com/news/technology/10-Reasons-Why-Apple-Bans-Google-from-iOS-6-nid-125773-cid-2.html

 

Many navigators & wanderers were shocked for a while with this sudden change but later realized that ios maps were there to rescue them. Unfortunately, they failed miserably. In fact , ios maps have led to lots of complications.

 

As we all know that Apple always wanted to stand out in the crowd and here it is… This time it tried to give a 3D experience in its maps for buildings and navigation but it ended up much worse than expected. Eventually many users ended up being mis-guided in the wrong directions with unnecessary info. But still, it was a good attempt by apple in such a short span of time.

 

Recently there has been a serious case in australia while navigating where users ended up in an isolate part of a national park, some 70 KMs away from their actual destination which was wrongly mapped. Police were concerned as there is no water supply within the Park and temperatures sore to as high as 46 degrees . The police have now warned users about the use of these ios maps. Many such similar complications have come up in various places.

 

After all the unexpected adventures apple users have experienced, apple should have surely been awarded or atleast been nominated for the best event organizer of hunger games.

Apple fired Scott Forstall, its longtime chief of mobile software for its troubled maps app. Atleast it realizes that God made time, but man made haste. Some things cannot be built overnight to excel.

 

Finally a good move by apple by allowing google maps back again.

And google maps makes it’s grand entry to IOS 6 on wednesday (12 / 12 / 12) !

 

New features added to google maps:           

1. Turn by Turn Navigation

2. voice navigation

3. 3D outlines for buildings

4. gesture input

5. etc, etc, etc…

 

 

6 things google maps wins over apple ios maps

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409944,00.asp

 

Sources have confirmed that there were 10 million downloads of google maps in the first 48 hours available.

 

If u own an ios 6 device , then its time to dump your old buggy ios maps and switch to google maps soon. 

Try your hands on them and do come back with your experiences to share them with us.

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Protect OUR Internet

SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act 

PIPA – PROTECT IP Act

You must have heard about the buzz made in the internet about SOPA and PIPA  from few days. Many of you would be wondering what it is and why people are  creating such a scene out of it. It’s time you know it and pour in your support.

What does SOPA and PIPA mean to common people like us?

We all know that internet is such a valuable resource that we cant imagine  our live without it. It is the best thing that has ever happened to mankind.

We can’t start our day without google. We can’t learn anything or do homework without wikipedia. We cant meet our friends without facebook. They have become a part and parcel of our daily life. Its really hard  to imagine ourselves without these even for a day. Just one day without internet in like putting you inside a prison wihtout any access to  light,water, or air.

Internet is the backbone supporting eveything. Without the backbone its really hard to withstand. Every human has the right to access whatever information he/she needs. The internet needs to free and open. I didnt mean internet for free  of cost, it just means that it should be free from all bullshitting laws and rules. We don’t like when someone gets into our private space. Internet is never biased to anyone. It always served the purpose when in need.

But there is always an enemy for the good.

Here the enemies are SOPA & PIPA.

Both SOPA and PIPA are US government’s HOUSE BILLs.

Since US is the main country governing the internet, it has almost  all the power to take control over it. And moreover US got this habit to poke their long white nose in every issue.

Let me throw some light on these two enemies

SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act – This act intends to stop piracy so  that it wont effect the intellectual property of its respective owners. There are many websites hosting free and pirated stuff online like  the mediafire.com , megaupload.com , thepiratebay.com , etc.   They usually never restrict you about the content you upload or download. That is the reason why many people use for pirated stuff. If SOPA bill is passed , then such websites will be immediately banned and completely  removed from the internet. Thus , resulting in heavy losses to many  companies and businesses. SOPA is a threat to freedom of speech. It is restricting you from expressing and sharing whatever you want.

PIPA – Protect IP act – The bill defines infringement as distribution of illegal copies, counterfeit goods, or anti-digital rights management technology. Even PIPA is similar to SOPA. The Protect IP Act says that an “information location tool shall  take technically feasible and reasonable measures, as expeditiously as possible, to remove or disable access to the Internet site associated with the domain name set forth in the order”. In addition, it must delete all hyperlinks to the offending “Internet site”. Which means if the bill is passed , they can block whichever site they want and do whatever they want to do.

These stupid goofy people in the governmental organizations hardly know anything about internet and they want control over it for their benefits. These politicians are the same everywhere…

In China , the govt secretly funded the hackers to attack google.cn since it was displaying some content against their govt.(this is really stupid – fucking chinese – you criminal minded people will never change).

Again , in India , the politicians are indirectly pressurising many websites to filter content that is against the govt. If not , they may face a ban.

In the USA. Previously they attacked wikileaks and now they want the whole internet in their hands. . . . . .

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Do you really want such fools to take away your freedom? – No !

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They took our jobs..said nothing!

Took our gasoline..said nothing! 

Took out Osama…said nothing! 🙂 

Now they cannot take away our INTERNET!

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 Atleast internet is the only place you can actually express yourself freely. Its never biased or acts stupid.

Wikipedia has blacked out for a day (19-jan-2012) to spread awareness and fight back against SOPA & PIPA

Its time for us to fight back!

Lets support the cause and protect the internet.

Start sharing and spreading this page.

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If you live in US , then Visit http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/SOPA/Blackoutpage to pour in you support.

If you live outside the US , then please read this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more

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You can sign a petition through google here https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction

Please enter a valid US zip code. If you live outside US , then give some random US zipcode.

IT’S NOW OR NEVER!!!!

LATLONG

LATLONG (9008890088) – sms based gps – lost in Bangalore ? help is just an sms away.

You would have definitely used Google maps to pin point a location or the distance to a location from your home. And while travelling you always thought gps was a reliable service. Google maps will need you to always have an internet connection and a gps service will surely cost you for the subscription. However, both are not so reliable in India due to the small roads and streets which appear neither on Google maps nor gps. There is a service which is free and works really well. And it just runs with the power of an sms. Its called latlong. With sms offers raining everywhere it costs you nothing.

www.latlong.in

It basically offers 2 types of services:

1. Source to destination

(eg. hebbal to majestic) – gives u the directions

format: sms HEBBAL TO MAJESTIC to 9008890088

And in no time you will receive a reply sms something like this:

dist: 9.8Km

Approx by auto: Rs.87

Hebbal flyover,Hebbal >

Mehkri Circle >