Apple : Google Maps bringing Street View to web app, says WSJ

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Google Maps bringing Street View to web app, says WSJ Posted: Google will add its popular Street View feature to the Google Maps web app, accessible on iOS devices, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said the feature will be rolled out on Thursday, and tech correspondent Walt Mossberg has already tested the new version of the browser-based service. Since Apple replaced Google Maps with its own heavily-criticised and seemingly unfinished Maps app, Google is reported to be working on launching a standalone offering for the App Store. In the meantime, iPad and iPhone users are flocking to the web version of the app, and Google seems keen to capitalise on the goodwill folks are now feeling towards its ousted mapping service. 360-degree photographic views The prospective addition of Street View, will allow users to move along roads, explore areas at the street level and even venture inside some buildings. Wossberg wrote: "Google plans to announce on Thursday that it is adding its popular Street View feature, missing from Apple's maps, to the Web version of Google Maps accessed from the iPhone and iPad. "I tested this addition, which displays 360-degree photographic street views of selected locations, and interior photographic views of certain businesses, using sample links Google sent me. These links worked well, allowing me to see the locations and pan around with a finger." Wossberg, in his video test of Apple Maps vs Google Maps (on Android) unsurprisingly found that the latter is superior, at this present time, but he did point out that Apple's navigation experience was "more striking and easier to read at a glance." We'll let you know when Street View lands on the Google Maps web app.

Apple reportedly wants to ditch Intel chips in Macs, hire its own SoC designer Posted: Apple is still reeling from its transition from Google Maps to iOS 6 Maps on the iPhone, but the Cupertino company looks as if it isn't finished making big changes with long-time partners. Intel may be the next partner on the chopping block. Apple is reportedly considering moving away from using Intel's CPUs, according to two unnamed sources talking with Bloomberg Businessweek. This would be a tremendous shift, as Intel's line of microprocessors are at the heart of all of Apple's current computers. The MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro Retina, and MacBook Air use Intel's latest Ivy Bridge chip, while the iMac, Mac Pro, and Mac mini have previous Intel processors and are due for an Intel chip update. Apple's CPU experience The move away from Intel would be difficult, but not unprecedented for Apple. After all, it designed its own mobile system-on-a-chip with the original iPad and on the iPhone 4 in 2010. The iPhone 5 contains the latest Apple-designed chip example, the A6. This processor is also expected to run the next iPad, speculated to be the long-rumored iPad Mini. The second reason that the move wouldn't be unprecedented is that it wouldn't be the first major chip transition by Apple. From 1994 to 2006, all of Apple's computers used the IBM-designed PowerPC chips before moving to Intel's line of CPUs. Apple's SoC hiring tip-off Adding to the theory that Apple may one day send Intel to the woodchipper is the revelation the company's looking to hire its own lead system-on-a-chip designer. The "SoC Modeling Architect - Manager / Lead" job ad, picked up by TechCrunch, may simply have its sights set on a designer for a future A7 processor. However, nothing in the description said that Apple is strictly looking for someone with a mobile background. Whether or not Apple is looking for a computer-related system-on-a-chip designer now, there's growing speculation that it may be in the Mac-based chip design business in the near future.

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