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Apple veers away from Google
PremiumMapping war: Apple CEO Tim Cook (left) and Scott Forstall, the company’s senior vice-president for iOS software, at Apple’s annual developers’ conference in San Francisco on Monday(Stephen Lam/Reuters
Apple Inc. unveiled a series of software features for its mobile phones and computers on Monday that place erstwhile partner Google Inc. squarely in its path.
Among the software products are a new mapping and navigation service that will replace Google Maps as the default on iPhones and iPads. Apple executives also bragged about the comprehensiveness of their local search service, which is integrated with its voice activated “virtual assistant" Siri. And the company struck a long-negotiated deal with Google rival Facebook Inc. to integrate various services.
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The Wall Street Journal
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