Software : Nokia pulls Here Maps from App Store, claims iOS 7 changes makes it buggy |
| Nokia pulls Here Maps from App Store, claims iOS 7 changes makes it buggy Posted:  Nokia has removed its Here Maps app from Apple's App Store, claiming changes made within iOS 7 have harmed the user experience. The free, cross-platform navigation tool has struggled to gain traction against Apple's own Maps app and Google Maps, but the Finns insist undefined changes to iOS 7 are to blame for the removal. A company spokesperson told Engadget: "We have made the decision to remove our Here Maps app from the Apple App Store because recent changes to iOS 7 harm the user experience. "iPhone users can continue to use the mobile web version of Here Maps under m.here.com, offering them location needs, such as search, routing, orientation, transit information and more, all completely free of charge." Browser bonusAs die hards can still access the service through their iPhone or iPad's web browser. However, they may miss the ability to cache data for offline usage. Nokia will still support Android, Firefox OS, Tizen and, of course, Windows Phone with its navigation services. |
| Apple planning to power up Siri with photo tagging and searching skills Posted:  Apple is planning to widen the scope of its hit-and-miss personal voice assistant Siri, in order to include iPhone owners' photo libraries, judging by a newly published patent application. The filing, spotted by AppleInsider, speaks of "a method for tagging or searching images using a voice-based digital assistant." Users would be able to tag the photos as they take them, with one example quoting a user saying "This is me at the beach" with other photos in the same geographic location tagged accordingly. According to the application, the tech would also recognise faces, buildings and landscapes to apply tags to photos in the iOS Camera Roll. Call 'em upNaturally, users would then be able to call up those photos at will by using Siri to say "show pictures of me at the beach." The company is already grouping like minded photos together within the iOS 7 Photos app, so adding Siri to this wouldn't be too much of a stretch. The application itself was published in March 2013, so if Apple plans to follow through on the feature, it's somewhat surprising the functionality wasn't built into iOS 7. |
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