Besides Apple’s purchase of both Placebase and Poly9, some speculated that Apple is building their own maps service to either compete with Google or step away from their input into iOS. Others also ...

It?s their data that?s terrible. ?They?ve already acquired Placebase and C3 for the 3-D imagery, but what they need is data,? he said. ?The question is whether they will continue to partner to get ...

said Alistair Goodman, CEO of 1020 Placecast, San Francisco. Apple acquired Placebase and Quattro recently, which gives it a mapping platform and an ad network. ?Collecting user positioning data is ...

Remember that Apple has acquired Siri and PlaceBase, which were companies focused around voice and location (maps) respectively. Apple will eventually launch a better voice-engine on the iPhone and a ...