Senior Apple Maps engineer drives off to Uber<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><a href='
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Apple Maps. Chris Blumenberg had been with Apple since 2000, starting as a developer liaison with Microsoft in building Internet Explorer and Office for Mac OS X. More recently, however, he led the 40-person team that built the Apple Maps client software for both iOS and OS X.</p> <!--break--> <p>What exactly Blumenberg is going to do at Uber isn't clear, but
The Information posits that his expertise may come in handy with Uber's "sophisticated routing system [that] relies on correctly pinpointing users' locations."</p> <p>The Apple Maps unit has seen turnover since its
painful launch with
iOS 6 back in 2012. The service has
improved considerably since then, though it still has
some kinks to work out.</p> <p>Apple's software and design talent bench is deep, but they've struggled with services like Maps. How do you want to see Apple Maps improved?</p> <p>Source:
The Information</p> </div></div></div><div id="comment-wrapper-nid-25601"></div><img width='1' height='1' src='
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