Travellers griping because Apple removed Google Maps from iOS 6, take heart: Google plans to release a standalone map app by the end of 2012, reports the New York Times.
Yet it’s unclear if the Cupertino giant will accept Google Maps in its App Store, a concern noted by Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt.
One explanation for why Google was caught out by the iPhone switch is that its contract with Apple still had time left on it. Apple surprised the search giant by terminating the contract abruptly, according to The Verge.
Read full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2012/09/26/news/google-aims-to-release-a-maps-app-for-iphone-and-ipad-by-end-of-the-year/
