Maps Application on iPhone Starts Displaying Sponsored Links Courtesy Google

Andy
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imageMaps Application on iPhone Starts Displaying Sponsored Links Courtesy Google

Google has started showing sponsored listings on the maps application that comes installed with all iPhones. The display of these ads have come at a rather interesting time as we recently wrote about Apple acquiring a company called Placebase, which makes a product similar to Google Maps. These sponsored listings...

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  • TimW
    TimW Posts: 430
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    Another reason to keep my 2nd 3G on 3.0.1
    Matter of time before before Apple bounces Google Maps twice and hoofs them out of the window.

    Hope they do opt for placebase, google maps is usually way out anyway. I use XGPS for local city centre use as GMaps puts me about 1/4 mile from where i want to be.
    Google maps is currently hidden via SBsettings

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  • Rcas
    Rcas Posts: 53
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    I don't want sponsored links on my phone that I paid for... if I got my phone for free and could pay to not see them then I wouldn't have any place to complain but I don't like the directing this is taking us with ad's being inserted into native applications.

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