Hacker ports Google Maps to iPhone as Apple lures in ex-Google developers

Unless you’ve been living in a Faraday cage over the weekend you’ll have heard that Apple’s iOS 6 Maps (which replaced Google’s own Maps app) has had more than a few teething problems.

If Apple’s mapping solution has left your house in the middle of a pond then you’ll be glad to hear that developer Ryan Petrich has managed to port Google’s Map app to iOS 6, albeit with bugs.

Unsurprisingly the port requires a jailbreak limiting it to the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 4G (for the time being at least) and coincides with AppleInsider’s reports that Apple is looking to hire ex-Google Maps engineers to help improve the fledgling Maps service.

Here’s to hoping that Mr Petrich irons out the bugs soon before a host of iPhone users are lost and caught in any downpours.

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[AppleInsider, Ryan Petrich via Gizmodo]

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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