Google tells iPhone 5 users to go download Google Maps

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By Christian ZibregSep 20, 2012, 7:32 am606 pts
Apple is suffering harsh criticism over its in-house mapping solution in iOS 6 which has for better or worse effectively replaced a Google Maps-backend. Apple Maps have been called a disaster waiting to happen and even pundit John Gruber called the system a downgrade. With more than 65 percent of the world’s…

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