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When tech giants buy developers, they frequently let app support fall by the wayside — and Apple is continuing that trend following its acquisition of HopStop. Windows Phone users can no longer download or run their version of the HopStop app. Instead, the developer is asking them to use the mobile website for directions. Curiously, though, the Android app is still hanging around; Apple isn’t dismissing all competing platforms, like it did after buying Siri. Neither Apple nor HopStop have offered explanations for the move, but it’s clear that Windows Phone users will have to lean on alternatives like Here Transit to plan their daily commutes.
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Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Mobile, Apple
Via: AllThingsD
Source: WindowsObserver
Don’t let it be said that Apple isn’t working to improve its once-maligned mapping app. We’re still in the rumor stages here, but Bloomberg is reporting that Cupertino has managed to acquire popular navigation tool HopStop, to help improve its own simply-titled Maps. The deal comes hot on the heels of Apple’s Locationary buy — we wouldn’t quite qualify it as a shopping spree yet, but it’s certainly a start. No surprise, the sources for this one are anonymous, due to the non-public nature of the deal. That said, we’ll still be reaching out for comment, because that’s what we do. More info when we get it.
Update: Apple seems to have confirmed as much — albeit in a fairly roundabout way, telling All Things D that it, “buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans,” a similarly cagey response to the one the company issued post-Locationary.
Filed under: GPS, Software, Apple
Source: Bloomberg
Well, well, well. Looks like Apple is doubling down on its Maps efforts leading up to the launch of iOS 7. Bloomberg is reporting that Apple has acquired HopStop marking the second maps-related acquisition for the day. Update: Apple has confirmed the acquisition to AllThingsD.
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