Only one company can solve Apple’s mapping woes quickly (and it’s not Waze)

January 4, 2013 8:32 AM John Koetsier
John Koetsier

The Apple acquisition rumor this week was Waze, the crowdsourced mapping and traffic app. The only problem? Waze would only slow Apple down. There is a company, however, that could help Apple almost immediately.

The end of paper maps: Google Maps goes offline for Android

July 7, 2011 10:17 AM Regina Sinsky
Regina Sinsky

Today Google declared the end of paper maps. For Android users, that is: Google Labs just launched “Download map area,” an experimental feature in Google Maps for Android.

“You will never need to carry a paper map again,” writes Chikai …

Navigation app Waze helps arm LA drivers against “Carmageddon”

July 4, 2011 11:22 AM Regina Sinsky
Regina Sinsky

Waze, a mobile traffic and navigation app, is giving Los Angeles commuters a new weapon in the battle against bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Doomsday scenarios have been all the rage this year, but one is actually going to happen: Carmageddon — the …