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Title: Apple Taps Locationary to Get Maps in the Right Place Post by: HCK on July 20, 2013, 07:01:19 am Apple Taps Locationary to Get Maps in the Right Place
After suffering considerable backlash for the mapping technology it included in iOS 6, Apple has now brought in some expert help. Specifically, it has acquired Locationary, a startup that takes a crowdsourcing approach to map data. Locationary's Saturn technology uses Big Data to fill in the blanks in maps. In this case, the Big Data in question is provided by users. http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/78532.html |