Apple has silently snapped up Canadian mapping firm Poly9. The company previously supplied its cartographical smarts to Microsoft, Yahoo and the US Military. One of its most intriguing products is Poly9Globe, a browser-based spinning 3D globe that gives stats on your location and doesn’t need any additional software to run. Could Apple be planning to put that iPhone 4 gyroscope to good use? And could this be the next step towards its own Google Maps replacement? Here’s what we know so far…
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Google and Apple have had plenty of scuffles recently – over Google Voice and Google Latitude to name just two. Google boss man Eric Schmidt is no longer on Apple’s board either. Could it be time for Google Maps to leave the iPhone? It’s looking that way.
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